Philippines raises volcano alert level as blast sends ash skyward
- MANILA: One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes fired a dark column of ash thousands of metres into the sky on Friday (Oct 30) in a "moderately explosive eruption" that lasted nearly six minutes, the state seismology office said.
- There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in towns and cities surrounding Mount Mayon, but the country's volcano institute raised the alert level from 2 to 3 on its 0-5 scale and called for evacuations within 6km of the crater.
- The 3,000m ash column gradually drifted southwest onto nearby population centres, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology an
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- MANILA: One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes fired a dark column of ash thousands of metres into the sky on Friday (Oct 30) in a "moderately explosive eruption" that lasted nearly six minutes, the state seismology office said.
- There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in towns and cities surrounding Mount Mayon, but the country's volcano institute raised the alert level from 2 to 3 on its 0-5 scale and called for evacuations within 6km of the crater.
- The 3,000m ash column gradually drifted southwest onto nearby population centres, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology an
Sources: CNA