THE THREAT LEVEL RISES - MAYON VOLCANO ERUPTING!!
The Mayon volcano in the Philippines could erupt again “within days” forcing the evacuation of around 22,000 people after the mountain begun spewing thick ash clouds and molten lava this weekend.
The volcano, located in the Albay province of central Philippines, first spewed ash on Saturday afternoon - followed by a further five-minute eruption on Sunday morning.
And another eruption could be imminent according to the Philippines' chief volcanologist Renato Solidum.
He warned on Monday of a possible hazardous eruption at Mount Mayon "within weeks or even within days", as magma continued to pile up at the summit of the Southeast Asian country's most active volcano.
And he said raising the alert to level 4, under which the danger zone would be expanded, depended on how Mayon behaved in the next few hours.