To safer ground: A farmer leading his cow outside the 6km ‘permanent danger zone’ near Mayon volcano in Daraga, Albay province. — AP
The Philippines’ most active volcano was gently spewing lava down its slopes, alerting tens of thousands of people they may have to quickly flee a violent and life-threatening explosion.
More than 12,600 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a 6km radius of Mayon volcano’s crater in mandatory evacuations since volcanic activity increased last week.
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