Manila on alert as Mount Mayon spews ash

Warning signs: The Mayon Volcano spewing white smoke yesterday. Hundreds of families living around Mount Mayon in central Albay province, the Philippines, are expected to be moved to safer areas after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised a ‘hazardous eruption’ alarm. — AFP

Scientists said that a “hazardous eruption” of a volcano in the archipelago could be days or weeks away, and urged the evacuation of nearby residents from their homes.

Hundreds of families living around Mount Mayon in central Albay province are expected to be moved to safer areas after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alarm.