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'Hazardous' Mayon eruption feared as residents evacuate

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/15/011518_mayon.jpg"/><figcaption>Mayon volcano shows a red glow on its crater while covered by clouds as seen from Camalig, Albay on Sunday. <em>Photo courtesy of Earl Epson Recamunda</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - A &quot;hazardous eruption&quot; of Mount Mayon is possible within weeks or days, scientists said Monday, as thousands were evacuated along the path of the country&#x27;s most active volcano.</p><p>A bright glow from the crater indicated that lava had started to flow after 3 steam-driven eruption blew ash plumes into the air over the weekend, Phivolcs director Renato Solidum told ANC.</p><p>Alert level 3 was raised last Sunday, meaning &quot;there is always the tendency for a hazardous eruption,&quot; Solidum said. The highest warning, level 5, means an eruption is ongoing.</p><p>A hazardous eruption is &quot;possible within weeks or even days,&quot; according to a separate Phivolcs statement.</p><p>&quot;What we would like to see is if there would enough pressure that might propel and explode the magma coming out of the volcano,&quot; Solidum said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/14/18/mayon-belches-ash-anew-as-residents-flee">Mayon belches more ash as residents flee</a></li></ul><p>Lava flows had heralded Mayon&#x27;s hazardous eruptions in 1984 and 2001, which sent tens of thousands to evacuation centers, Solidum noted.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1441228" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>Some 938 families or 3,338 individuals have been evacuated to nearby shelters, Claudio Yucot, director of the Office of Civil Defense-Bicol Region, told DZMM.</p><p>A 7-kilometer extended danger zone has been recommended on the volcano&#x27;s southern flank. The public is urged to be vigilant and avoid entering the area &quot;due to the danger of rockfalls, landslides and sudden explosions or dome collapse that may generate hazardous volcanic flows&quot;, Phivolcs said.</p><p>Civil aviation authorities were told to advise pilots against flying near the summit due to the danger of erupting ash.</p><p>The 8,070-foot Mayon, located about 330 kilometers southeast of Manila, has a long history of deadly eruptions.</p><p>Four foreign tourists and their local guide were killed when Mayon erupted in May 2013.</p><p>In 1814, more than 1,200 people were killed when lava flows buried the town of Cagsawa.</p><p>An explosion in August 2006 did not cause direct deaths, but 4 months later a typhoon unleashed an avalanche of volcanic mud from Mayon&#x27;s slopes that killed 1,000 people.</p><div><strong>With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>A "hazardous eruption" of Mount Mayon is possible within weeks or days, scientists said Monday, as thousands were evacuated along the path of the country's most active volcano.</p>

A "hazardous eruption" of Mount Mayon is possible within weeks or days, scientists said Monday, as thousands were evacuated along the path of the country's most active volcano.