MANILA, Philippines: Following weeks of general decline in unrest, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday downgraded the alert status of Mayon Volcano in Albay province to Level 2.
LEGAZPI CITY: The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that Mayon Volcano s restiveness intensified barely three weeks after the more than 20,000 residents were asked to return to their homes by the provincial government of Albay.
SYDNEY (AFP) – Inaudible sonic rumblings from deep in a volcano’s bowels could provide a warning when it is about to blow, scientists said yesterday, offering threatened communities the prospect of a life-saving heads-up. A team studying “infrasounds” – sounds too deep for humans to hear – from volcanoes like Italy’s Mount Etna has discovered […]
mount kilauea continues to erupt. the volcano has been erupting for about a month now, and that s hurting the island s tourism industry. jeff paul is in hawaii. jeff, what s become so much more concerning in the last 24 hours? well, eric, the lava flows have slowed down, but the volcano s reach continues to expand. in fact these streams of lava are getting closer to homes and on the verge of covering up the very few escape routes that remain. in about a period of a day, ten more homes were destroyed bringing the number of houses levelled to at least 87. emergency responders say lava is only about 175 yards away from covering a major intersection, where two highways meet. if that were to happen, it would isolate entire neighborhoods trapping anyone who would need to get out. as a result, a mandatory evacuation order has been put in place, and what that means is those folks who don t belong inside could face arrests or fines. as for the people who live