More than 6,000 villagers have been forced to leave rural communities within a six-kilometre (3.7-mile) radius of the Mayon volcano’s crater in northeastern Albay province in the Philippines.
Officials on Saturday said thousands more need to be moved to safety from the permanent danger zone amid another threat: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon.
Authorities warned that Typhoon Guchol, which is approaching the Philippines from the Pacific but is projected to skirt the archipelago, may still dump heavy rains – unwelcome news for those living near Mayon’s slopes.
“There’s a typhoon and floodwaters may rush down Mayon and swamp this village. That’s one of our fears,” Villamor Lopez, a house painter, told The Associated Press.
He sat worriedly with his relatives clinging to their bags of clothes, rice in pouches and bottles of drinking water on a pick-up truck hauling villagers from Daraga town in Albay to an emergency shelter several kilometres away.
People living outside the perimeter have packed their bags and voluntarily left with their children for evacuation centres in Albay, which was placed under a state of calamity on Friday to allow the more rapid disbursement of emergency funds in case a major eruption unfolds.
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Wow. Didnt the Deep State Satanic Marxists just go there?
Time to call MANNY Pac Maaaaaaan Pacquiaoooooooooo
Move the farm animals also!
Good Luck Philippinos 🇵🇭
Better safe than sorry. Please stay safe! 🇵🇭
now the whole world will think all filipinos live like these..on a foot of a volcano shirtless or on a pile of rubbish.
Typhoons, Vulcanic Eruptions, and Earth Quakes (pacific ring of fire + Philippine plate)
These events may be compared to a Nuclear attack in terms of the damage it causes (Which happen quite frequently here in the Philippines) But the Philippines is one of the most robust countries with this kind of situation, I am not worried. Because God Bless us all and God bless the Philippines
The seismological activities are once again rife. Japan is also on alert for the possibly stronger earthquake than 2011 which can happen any time soon. Safe evacuation.
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Qatar’s media outlet Aljazeera which not even dare raise voice for democracy in Qatar (an authoritarian absolute monarchy ruled by the Al Thani royal family) criticize the Philippine president’s father for being dictatorial & the lack of democracy elsewhere its hypocricy at its finest
Was just visiting that area a few weeks ago! The Mayon volcano is, or maybe was, a near perfect cone. Nice area, hope the situation is over soon.
Volcanos have amazing soil. It brings people up close.
Pinklawan province
and so? ahaha pathetic
Still smiling whenever there’s a camera, regardless of the erupting volcano XD
Towns circle the foot of Mt. Mayon. Can’t really blame people for not leaving the area permanently ‘cos it’s their livelihood as well as life.
Matthew 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon🙏🏼❤️🕊REPENT, believe in the Gospel, Be Born Again
Oh no
Why isn’t there climate activists protesting at the foot of the volcano weres greta cuntberg….. the pollution from this volcano is massive….
KARMA