Eruption Fears As Volcano Threatens ; 47,000 People Moved to Prevent Catastrophe

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Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines were in emergency shelters as lava and earthquakes threatened a major eruption.

Low clouds obscured visibility of the smouldering 8,070ft Mayon, towering over coconut farms and rice paddies in coastal Albay province.

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Eruption Fears As Volcano Threatens ; 47,000 People Moved to Prevent Catastrophe

Rest easy: A at an evacuation Chief state volcanologist Renato Solidum warned that a "hazardous eruption" could happe...

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