12,000 flee as lava oozes from Philippine volcano
12,000 people have left their homes after scientists warned that the perfect cone of Mayon could erupt in the coming hours or days (AFP Photo/Simvale SAYAT)/ Camalig (Philippines) (AFP) - Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a rumbling Philippine volcano on Monday in what volcanologists described as a "quiet eruption", warning it could lead to a hazardous explosion within days. Lava was slowly flowing out of the Mayon volcano's crater along with a spectacular 1,000-metre (3,280-foot) ash plume rising into the sky, the ...
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