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Philippine volcano showers 11 villages with ash

Sat May 12, 3:32 PM ET

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) - The unstable Bulusan volcano in the eastern
Philippines spewed a column of ash into the air Saturday, showering 11 villages
with ash, government scientists said.

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Bulusan shot a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) plume of ash into the air,
scattering particles for some six kilometres around the the 1,565-metre
(5,133-feet) tall volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a statement.

"Three days prior to the ash explosion, an increase in the daily number of
volcanic earthquakes and moderate to voluminous smoke were noticed," Phivolcs
said.

There were no reports of casualties or damage and no order for residents to
evacuate, civil defence officials said.

Phivolcs warned villagers to stay out of a four-kilometre "permanent danger
zone" around the volcano since the area was still at risk from sudden ash
explosions.

Despite the ash explosion, Bulusan is still not yet in a dangerous state but
the residents should be on alert for "life threatening volcanic flows."

Periodic ash emissions from Bulusan volcano have been recorded since October
2006. The volcano, located in Sorsogon province, 250 kilometres southeast of
Manila, has erupted at least 15 times since 1886, most recently in 1995.

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