Updated 16 September 2014, 12:29pm.
Mount Mayon in Albay province was placed on alert level three by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS.)
Increased volcanic activity including a growing lava dome, crater glow, rock fall events, volcanic earthquakes and gas emissions. More than 12,000 people were forcibly evacuated from the 6.8-kilometre danger zone, more villagers, facing the south-eastern crater rim, would be moved if Mayon erupts.
Mount Mayon, Stratovolcano in Albay, Luzon island
Elevation: 2,462 metres. Base Diameter: 20 kilometres. Number of historical eruptions: 48. In 1814, the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes buried the town of Cagsawamore, killing more than 1,200 in lava flows.
Tens of thousands of villagers were displaced when Mayon erupted in December 2009. Last year, the volcano spewed ash and rocks that reached 500 metres above the summit, killing four foreign tourists and their local guide.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-1...uption/5746534
Don't quote me but the attention being paid to badaboombardabangBardawahtsit in Iceland has been very annoying.
There is a very deep Low hitting the coast of Antarctica on the end of today's run. Just at the Ross Ice Shelf. (Centre 160 E on the 22 September (T+162.)) well on the other side of this new spell:
Sep 16 02:05. Sep 24 06:14
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phases2001..html