A small steam rises from Taal Volcano, Batangas province, Philippines on Friday on July 2, 2021. Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around the rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of Covid-19 infections. - AP
LAUREL (Philippines), July 2 (AP): Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital on Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will not turn into epicenters of Covid-19 infections.
The alert was raised to three on a five-level scale after Taal Volcano blasted a dark gray plume into the sky on Thursday (July 1).
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