Flight warning as residents flee Bulusan volcano
11/11/2010Dozens of people fled their homes near a restive Philippine volcano yesterday, while authorities advised pilots to avoid flying near clouds of fine ash shooting out from its crater.
More than 50 persons fled two villages at the base of the 5,135 feet Mt. Bulusan volcano and more may follow, the local Philippine Army command said in a statement.
Soldiers and police would also be posted to keep people out of a six-kilometer danger zone around the crater and has trucks on standby to take evacuees to government-run shelters, it said.
Bulusan showered nearby communities with ash on Tuesday, with its explosions accompanied by booming sounds, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in an advisory, adding that it expects more explosions.
“Civic aviation authorities must advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano’s summit as ejected ash and volcanic fragments from sudden explosions may pose hazard to aircraft,” it said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101111nat2.html
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