Mayon volcano threat

Nearly 24,000 people have been evacuated from the island of Luzon in the Philippines after an active volcano began erupting

EVACUATION ZONE
10km
6 miles
ALBAY PROVINCE
Philippines
Legazpi
LUZON

Mount Mayon
Billowing smoke and spewing lava and heated boulders

Mayon is classic stratovolcano (or composite), considered to be world’s most perfectly formed symmetrical volcano

400km
250 miles

Vent
Ash
Magma
Branch
Pipe

Source: Wire agencies

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