Taal volcano: thousands flee after eruption in Philippines
by Agence France-Presse in Laurel from World news | The Guardian on (#5XHH7)
Residents ordered to leave homes as ash and steam sent hundreds of metres into sky
Thousands of people fled their homes near a Philippine volcano after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of metres into the sky.
Taal volcano, which sits in a picturesque lake south of Manila, exploded with a short-lived" burst at 7:22 am on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a statement.
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