Villagers evacuating as Mayon volcano erupts
{{date|July 20, 2006}}
[[Image:Ph locator map albay.png|200px|right|thumb|[[w:Mayon Volcano|Mayon Volcano]] is located in the [[w:Albay|Albay]] province of the Philippines]]
Officials in [[Manila]] have issued evacuation orders for a 6{{w|kilometre|km}} (4{{w|mile|mi}}) radius around {{w|Mount Mayon|Mayon Volcano}} in the [[Philippines]] as ash clouds, rivulets of lava, and sulphur dioxide levels indicate an imminent explosive eruption.

Many residents, though, are hesitant to leave. Regional disaster coordinating council official Angel Capilli has said that the people who farm the rich soil near the volcano would be "forcibly" removed from the area should vulcanologists determine an explosive eruption is imminent.

Mount Mayon has erupted 47 times in recorded history, with the last major eruption in 2001 shooting ash nearly 10km above the volcano.

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==Sources==
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|title=Farmers aked to flee smouldering volcano 
|author=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]
|pub=The Peninsula
|date=July 20, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1692129.htm
|title=Philippine villagers prepare to evacuate volcano
|author=
|pub=ABC Asia Pacific 
|date=July 20, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/philippines/mayonvol.html
|title=Mayon’s big bang likely to happen in two weeks
|author=Rhaydz B. Barcia
|pub=The Manila Times
|date=July 18, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Volcano/Volcanolist/mayon.htm
|title=Mayon Volcano, Philippines
|author=
|pub=Smithsonian Institution
|date=July 30, 2001}}

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[[pt:Moradores são evacuados ante iminente erupção do Vulcão Mayon nas Filipinas]]
Mayon Volcano is located in the Albay province of the Philippines
Officials in Manila have issued evacuation orders for a 6km (4mi) radius around Mayon Volcano in the Philippines as ash clouds, rivulets of lava, and sulphur dioxide levels indicate an imminent explosive eruption.

Many residents, though, are hesitant to leave. Regional disaster coordinating council official Angel Capilli has said that the people who farm the rich soil near the volcano would be "forcibly" removed from the area should vulcanologists determine an explosive eruption is imminent.

Mount Mayon has erupted 47 times in recorded history, with the last major eruption in 2001 shooting ash nearly 10km above the volcano.


Moradores são evacuados ante iminente erupção do Vulcão Mayon nas Filipinas
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