Evacuation of people near Mayon, Philippines

The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) on Tuesday said it hopes to finish the evacuation of 7,000 families or 34,000 persons living near Mayon Volcano in Albay later on Tuesday.

Authorities began evacuating the residents around 8 a.m. Monday after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the alert level on Mayon from Alert Level 3 to 4 after noting signs of its imminent hazardous eruption in the coming days.

from the Sun Star, Manila