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The eruption of Mayon volcano (23 photos)
On Monday, Filipino troops forced 3,000 people to leave their homes located around the volcano, which, experts say, is about to go to the most dangerous stage of the eruption. Tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated from the settlements located at the foot of Mount Mayon, which on Monday released a fiery lava fountains, published a powerful roar and served other signs of an approaching eruption. However, the government is not so easy to get people to leave their homes. "There are people who have been evacuated three times, and this is not the limit - says Joey Salceda of Albay province center. - We play with them in the cat and mouse ».
A week later eruptions of ash and lava flowing down its slopes, 2,460-meter mountain towering over the Gulf of Albay and Legazpi city, shuddered almost 2 thousand volcanic tremors and shaking of the earth on the night of Sunday to Monday.
1. Lava continues to flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano is the sixth day. The picture was taken on December 19 in the city of Legazpi, Albay province, about 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 34 million people living in the areas around the volcano were evacuated after his awakening. (AP / Bullit Marquez) 2. Lava continues to flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano 500 kilometers from Manila on 20 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
3. Working ship volcanic rocks near the foot of Mayon volcano (in the background) in Ginobatan, Albay Province, December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
4. evacuated from the foot of Mayon volcano erupting children pray in a temporary shelter in a village near the town in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
5. The boy goes on with the things his family until residents leave town at the foot of Mayon volcano in Albay province on December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
6. evacuated from areas erupting Mayon volcano kids watch TV in a temporary shelter in the city in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
. Evacuated woman suffered from Mayon volcano, touches the statue of the saint in a temporary shelter in the city in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
8. Residents of a village near Mayon volcano ride on a truck after authorities asked them to leave their homes in the city in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
. Evacuees from the area around the active volcano Mayon children eat breakfast in a temporary shelter in the city in the province of Abay Lagazpi December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
10. Lava flows down the slopes of Mayon volcano on Sunday December 20 in the city of Legazpi in Albay province about 500 kilometers from Manila. Tens of thousands of residents of settlements around Mayon volcano left their homes and are now likely to have to celebrate Christmas away from home. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
11. Evacuees who have been forced to flee their homes, were near the active Mayon volcano, cook in a temporary shelter in a public school in Bacacay, Albay Province, Dec. 20. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
12. Farmers planting rice near awakened Mayon volcano in Albay province in Guinobatan on Sunday 20 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
13. Soldiers overlap way residents trying to enter the 8-kilometer danger zone after scientists raised the alarm about the awakening of Mayon volcano to four on a scale. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
14. Evacuated reluctantly removed after soldiers forbade them to cross the 8-kilometer border Mayon volcano in the province iAlbay 500 kilometers from Manila on 20 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
15. Lava continues to flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano sixth consecutive day on December 19 in the city of Legazpi, Philippines. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
16. Residents were evacuated from their homes, are awakened around Mayon volcano, while away the time in a public school in Bacacay, Albay province, about 500 km from the south-east of Manila on 19 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
17. Residents who were forcibly evacuated from regions near the Mayon volcano, standing in line for meals in a temporary shelter, posted in a public school in Bacacay 500 km south-east of Manila on 19 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
18. evacuees wait out the eruption of Mayon volcano in the public school in Bacacay Albay province in December 19th. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
19. Volcano Mayon spews ash into the air soft in the first registered "ashen explosion" on December 19 in the city of Legazpi, Albay province. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
20. evacuees sweeps the floor, where children nap in the classroom public school contained the means of Spain, after the evacuation of the city Guinobatan, Albay province on 18 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
21. A resident collects sand against the backdrop of Mayon volcano spewing ash in Legazpi in Albay province on 18 December. (AFP / Getty Images / Charism Sayat)
22. Evacuated Amparo Madrona (left) and Annarosa Abreks play with their children Princess Gillian and Lowy, respectively, in the classroom Public school serving temporary shelter for evacuees from the territory, located near Mayon volcano on December 17. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
23. Lava flows from the crater of Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, Albay province, in the south-east of Manila on Dec. 15. (AFP / Getty Images / Charism Sayat)
A week later eruptions of ash and lava flowing down its slopes, 2,460-meter mountain towering over the Gulf of Albay and Legazpi city, shuddered almost 2 thousand volcanic tremors and shaking of the earth on the night of Sunday to Monday.
1. Lava continues to flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano is the sixth day. The picture was taken on December 19 in the city of Legazpi, Albay province, about 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 34 million people living in the areas around the volcano were evacuated after his awakening. (AP / Bullit Marquez) 2. Lava continues to flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano 500 kilometers from Manila on 20 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
3. Working ship volcanic rocks near the foot of Mayon volcano (in the background) in Ginobatan, Albay Province, December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
4. evacuated from the foot of Mayon volcano erupting children pray in a temporary shelter in a village near the town in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
5. The boy goes on with the things his family until residents leave town at the foot of Mayon volcano in Albay province on December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
6. evacuated from areas erupting Mayon volcano kids watch TV in a temporary shelter in the city in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
. Evacuated woman suffered from Mayon volcano, touches the statue of the saint in a temporary shelter in the city in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
8. Residents of a village near Mayon volcano ride on a truck after authorities asked them to leave their homes in the city in the province of Albay Guinobatan December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
. Evacuees from the area around the active volcano Mayon children eat breakfast in a temporary shelter in the city in the province of Abay Lagazpi December 21. (AFP / Getty Images / Ted Aljibe)
10. Lava flows down the slopes of Mayon volcano on Sunday December 20 in the city of Legazpi in Albay province about 500 kilometers from Manila. Tens of thousands of residents of settlements around Mayon volcano left their homes and are now likely to have to celebrate Christmas away from home. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
11. Evacuees who have been forced to flee their homes, were near the active Mayon volcano, cook in a temporary shelter in a public school in Bacacay, Albay Province, Dec. 20. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
12. Farmers planting rice near awakened Mayon volcano in Albay province in Guinobatan on Sunday 20 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
13. Soldiers overlap way residents trying to enter the 8-kilometer danger zone after scientists raised the alarm about the awakening of Mayon volcano to four on a scale. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
14. Evacuated reluctantly removed after soldiers forbade them to cross the 8-kilometer border Mayon volcano in the province iAlbay 500 kilometers from Manila on 20 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
15. Lava continues to flow down the slopes of Mayon volcano sixth consecutive day on December 19 in the city of Legazpi, Philippines. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
16. Residents were evacuated from their homes, are awakened around Mayon volcano, while away the time in a public school in Bacacay, Albay province, about 500 km from the south-east of Manila on 19 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
17. Residents who were forcibly evacuated from regions near the Mayon volcano, standing in line for meals in a temporary shelter, posted in a public school in Bacacay 500 km south-east of Manila on 19 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
18. evacuees wait out the eruption of Mayon volcano in the public school in Bacacay Albay province in December 19th. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
19. Volcano Mayon spews ash into the air soft in the first registered "ashen explosion" on December 19 in the city of Legazpi, Albay province. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
20. evacuees sweeps the floor, where children nap in the classroom public school contained the means of Spain, after the evacuation of the city Guinobatan, Albay province on 18 December. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
21. A resident collects sand against the backdrop of Mayon volcano spewing ash in Legazpi in Albay province on 18 December. (AFP / Getty Images / Charism Sayat)
22. Evacuated Amparo Madrona (left) and Annarosa Abreks play with their children Princess Gillian and Lowy, respectively, in the classroom Public school serving temporary shelter for evacuees from the territory, located near Mayon volcano on December 17. (AP / Bullit Marquez)
23. Lava flows from the crater of Mayon volcano in Legazpi city, Albay province, in the south-east of Manila on Dec. 15. (AFP / Getty Images / Charism Sayat)
