Red-hot lava spewed from a volcano near the Philippine capital of Manila on Monday as tens of thousands of people fled through heavy ash and frightening tremors, and authorities made plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands more for fear of a bigger eruption.

Clouds of ash from the Taal volcano reached Manila, 65km (40 miles) to the north, on Sunday, forcing the shutdown of the country's main airport, with more than 500 flights cancelled. The airport partially reopened on Monday after the ashfall eased.

There were no immediate reports of any deaths or major damage directly blamed on the eruption. A truck, however, skidded out of control on an ash-blanketed road, killing the driver and injuring three companions in Laguna province in an accident police said may have been linked to slippery conditions.

The government's disaster-response agency and other officials reported more than 30,000 villagers fled their homes in the hard-hit province of Batangas and nearby Cavite province. Officials expected the number to swell.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/pictures-taal-volcano-spews-lava-sends-ash-clouds-sky-200114065947295.html

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'All in God's hands': Volcano evacuees hunker down in Philippines

The fine ash drifting into the school gym on gusts of wind is a constant reminder for evacuees in the Philippines of the volcano that threatens to bury their homes forever.

As they sit in the spaces fenced in by the few bags and boxes of belongings they could carry, evacuees wonder how long they will have to wait to know whether Taal volcano will devastate the region or sputter back to sleep.

“It’s all in God’s hands now. We are not sure if we will have a home to return to,” said Leonita Gonzales, 52, who fled with the rest of her household from the danger zone around Taal.

Her banana palms were destroyed by the ash that fell after the volcano started to gush smoke on Sunday. She is uncertain whether her home’s tin roof will be able to bear the weight either.

Nearly 44,000 people have fled the 14km (nine mile) danger zone around Taal, where volcanologists have warned a devastating eruption could rain rocks and magma and set off a tsunami from the lake in which the volcano sits.

On Tuesday, more than 1,100 evacuees packed into the gym and classrooms at the state university at the Santo Tomas town, some 20 km (12 miles) northeast of where Taal continues to puff clouds of ash and steam through old and new fissures.

Occasional tremors signaled the forces rumbling beneath the earth and set hearts pounding.

“Don’t tell me you’re brave. When disaster strikes, you will call on all saints, big or small,” said Obet Dionglay, 61, who had trekked through roads deep with ash to seek refuge.

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Dionglay’s hut had been crushed by bamboos bent to the ground by the weight of the ash and he had little hope that his three pigs and dozen chickens would survive.

Dionglay recalled Taal’s last eruption in 1977, when his hometown of Talisay had escaped largely unscathed.

Although Taal is one of the world’s smallest active volcanoes only 311 meters (1,020-foot) high, it can be deadly: an eruption killed more than 1,300 people in 1911.

At the evacuation center, a couple of dozen kids kept busy with an impromptu dance class.

A delivery of water gave some people a chance to wash the grit from their bodies for the first time in days, but many complained of a lack of sleeping mats, blankets, toiletries and face masks despite generous private donations.

“For now, we endure, we live with nothing,” said Ferdinand Paderan, 39, who evacuated with his wife and two children.

But even as thousands more people were being evacuated from the danger zone, some defied official warnings to head back in to collect belongings or tend livestock that they could not bring out.

“I went home and checked it. It’s a good thing no one stopped our tricycle on the way home. I fed the chickens and the dogs,” said Leonel Gonzales, 32, a tourist guide at Taal Lake, who fled with his one-year-old daughter and pregnant wife.

“We will stay here to make sure we are all safe. We will check on the pets again when the volcano calms down.”

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-volcano-taal-evacuees/all-in-gods-hands-volcano-evacuees-hunker-down-in-philippines-idUSKBN1ZE0CH

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Does volcano eruption cause radiation?

oh boy

God be with them

Thank God that disasters like this, hardly happen in Nigeria, if not.....

The government's disaster-response agency and other officials reported more than 30,000 villagers fled their homes in the hard-hit province of Batangas and nearby Cavite province. Officials expected the number to swell.

Its well.

Nature at its angriest. Awon eyan President Rodrigo Du Terte.
While natural disasters are a headache in some countries, others have leadership disasters.
Dunno which is preferable but I had choose to live in a sane working country prone to natural disasters.

To HIM belongs all power. Soon, very soon.

God

instead of them to come and do music at a reasonable price they're doing this shit

We shd be happy in Africa for the location God has placed us, if not for bad leadership, Africa would av been the best place to live.

May God save Philippine ooo

Old news

This country and natural disasters self. Make dem sell am.off

This people are no different from a third world country with poverty. But then Nigerians still want to troop in this country and live there no matter what. Some times its not where, how and why we go to another nation but from where. Going from poverty to poverty is no different from going from Nigeria to philipine �

South east Asia is a home for natural disaster. More reason to believe that LUCIFER fell there.

Holly crap hope my nija bros and sis are save

Why this kind disaster nor dey happen for naija

Why only Phillipines

Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Floods
Land slides

Hmm!
Some people go say na there Ancestors Sin cause am

I heard the gas is poisonous, why are they so close?

We are so blessed in this part of the world, yet we've failed and taking advantage of this.

Even the Earth itself is pissed with man...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZUY-C-vCbo

God is great, He knew we can't handle something like this so He gave us greedy leaders
We can't escape natural disaster and still not have artificial disaster
God is wonderful