Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Mayon Volcano about to blow


Officials in the Philippines have ordered the evacuation of about 20,000 people living near the Mayon volcano, fearing an imminent eruption.

Officials made the decision to raise the alert level after the volcano was rocked by six blasts and then emitted a fountain of lava.

The army has sent trucks to take villagers living within 8km (five miles) of the crater to evacuation centres.

But some residents were said to be reluctant to evacuate, with farmers unwilling to leave their land.

3 comments:

yellowdoggranny said...

i would be in down town dallas if i was them..aint no valcano's in texas...tornados or two but no lava spewing valcano's...

Anonymous said...

How stupid is that to just sit there looking at it? Casualties will be at least three. Those two idiots and the cameraman.

dom said...

Well it's purdy !