The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that Mount Mayon has spewed lava up to 600 meters (2,000 feet) high every seven minutes in one hour.Earlier, local authorities raised alert level to four in a five-level alert system.Schools in 17 cities in Albay and Camarines Sur provinces have been closed, while 56 flights have been cancelled.Currently, 55,068 people are taking shelter in evacuation camps, while 6,165 others have had to leave their houses for safer places after local authorities expanded the no-go zone to 9 kilometers (5 miles) from the crater instead of 8 kilometers previously. The 2,462m Mount Mayon, one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, is in Albay province on the Philippine main island of Luzon, more than 300 km southeast of the capital Manila. In an 1814 eruption, more than 1,200 people were killed and three towns were buried under mud and rock. It has erupted 51 times in the last 400 years. Source from Vietnamplus.
With typhoon Noul expected to hit Vietnam's Southern provinces shortly, hundreds of thousands of coastal citizens have been relocated to safer areas prevent out of the path of the storm. Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan Provinces: 240,000 People Evacuated According to the Ninh Thuan Provincial Storm and Flood Prevention Steering Committee, as of November 17th, some 70,000 people in low lying and coastal areas have been relocated to safe places. It also said that over 2,000 ships have been anchored safely, and 150,000 students have been excused from school. The Provincial People's Committee has mobilized 900 cadres and soldiers and…... [read more]
A video grab from the Japan Meteorological Agency's live camera image shows an eruption of Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabujima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, May 29, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Japan Meteorological Agency/Handout via Reuters A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to start evacuating the island and airlines to re-route flights. A pyroclastic flow of super-heated gas and rock flowed down the side of Mount Shindake and reached the ocean after the mountain's "explosive" eruption, but officials said there was no danger to…... [read more]
Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians were ordered to evacuate Friday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted spectacularly, hurling red hot ash and rocks over a huge distance. TV pictures showed ash and rocks raining down on nearby villages as terrified locals fled in cars and on motorbikes towards evacuation centres. National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that some 200,000 people from 36 villages in a 10-kilometre (six-mile) area around Kelud, in Kediri district in eastern Java, were being asked to evacuate. "A rain of ash, sand and rocks is reaching up to 15 kilometres…... [read more]
Nearly 1,700 villagers on Sumatra Island have been forced to flee their homes as the local authorities declared a seven-day emergency after Mount Sinabung erupted twice on November 3. Food, masks, sanitation kits and other relief aid have been delivered to the scene, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency said. Soldiers, police and officials from the agency were involved in the evacuation, as well as emergency relief works, Sutopo added. The authorities recommended that people living within 3km of the crater evacuate the area. The level of threat was raised to a stand-by level,…... [read more]
As many as 1,306 people are taking refuge due to the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, detikcom online news quoted a regent as saying on Tuesday. "As last night, there were 1,306 people taking refuge in emergency shelters," said the province's Sleman Regent Sri Purnomo in his report to Vice President Boediono. According to Purnomo, there are three sub districts locating in Merapi slope where its people must be evacuated. "If all people (in the sub districts) are evacuated, then there will be 13,581 refugees while our emergency barracks could accommodate 13,800 people," he said. VietNamNet/Xinhuanet... [read more]
