Eruption threat prompts mass evacuation

The alert level has been raised over Mount Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, as fears grow of a possible hazardous eruption


PHILIPPINES
Manila
Detail
200km 125 miles


Mount Mayon (2,472m)
Volcano spewing ash and rocks, lava flowing from crater. Thousands of residents evacuated
Permanent Danger Zone
LUZON ISLAND
ALBAY PROVINCE
Burias Pass
Legazpi
Albay Gulf
20km 12 miles


Mayon – classic example of stratovolcano – is renowned for its near-perfect conical shape
Vent 
Ash
Branch Pipe
Magma


Mayon volcano seen in 2006 eruption


Over 1,200 people were killed in Mayon’s deadliest eruption in 1814.
Five hikers died during most recent deadly eruption in May 2013


Picture: Getty Images
Source: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) 
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