Glitter Minded » mayon volcano http://www.glitterminded.cn Musings of a Spontaneous Woman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:09:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mayon Volcano Gets Louder http://www.glitterminded.cn/2009/12/mayon-volcano-gets-louder/ http://www.glitterminded.cn/2009/12/mayon-volcano-gets-louder/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:05:13 +0000 glitter princess http://glitterminded.cn/?p=88 A week of powerful booming noises and other signs of an approaching eruption was observed from the Mayon Volcano resulting from tens of thousands of people being evacuated. A major eruption could trigger pyroclastic flows _ superheated gas and volcanic debris that race down the slopes at very high speeds, vaporizing everything in their path. More extensive explosions of ash could drift toward nearby towns and cities. The provincial capital of Legazpi is about nine miles (15 kilometers) away. Mayon last erupted in 2006, when about 30,000 people were moved. Another eruption in 1993 killed 79 people.

The first recorded eruption was in 1616 but the most destructive came in 1814, killing more than 1,200 people and burying a town in volcanic mud. The ruins of the church in Cagsawa have become an iconic tourist spot.

-source: ph.news.yahoo.com

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