Saturday, December 19, 2009

MAYON VOLCANO ERUPTS

Lava cascades down the slopes of the Mayon volcano on Dec. 15. Experts raised the alert level to two steps below a major eruption after lava began trickling down its side.
Lava flows from the crater of the cone-shaped, 8,070-foot Mayon volcano on Dec. 17. The county's most active volcano began oozing lava two days earlier.

Catholics attend a dawn Mass in Legazpi, Philippines, as lava cascades down the slopes of the Mayon volcano on Dec. 17. Authorities in Albay province have declared a round-the-clock ban on anyone entering with a five-mile danger zone around the peak, which is spewing lava and ash. Security forces have ordered the forcible evacuation of thousands of residents who refused to leave their farms near the volcano, officials said.

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