Taal volcano news: Hundreds of thousands urged to flee possible eruption as ‘intense seismic activity’ rocks Philippines
Philippines authorities urged some 450,000 people to flee a potential “hazardous explosive eruption” of the Taal volcano, which has been spewing ash and lava since Sunday.
Lava was sent half a mile into the sky overnight on Tuesday as Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it supported a “total evacuation” of people within a 14km radius of the volcano.
Some 50 volcanic earthquakes have been detected in just hours, it added, and warned aircraft “to avoid the airspace around Taal volcano as airborne ash and ballistic fragments from the eruption column pose hazards”.
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