There she blows!

FilamCoins

The U.S. Embassy informs American Citizens in the Philippines to avoid the summit area of the Mayon Volcano, located in the Province of Albay, approximately 300 kilometers (186.41 miles) southeast of Manila, on the island of Luzon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) raised its alert status for the Mayon Volcano to Alert Level 3 indicating relatively high and increasing volcanic unrest, which raises the likelihood of an eruption within days to weeks. This alert status strictly restricts entry within 6 kilometers, called the "Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ)," of the summit area. The danger zone was lengthened to 7 kilometers on the southeast portion of the volcano facing the Bonga Gully. PHIVOLCS also said that if tremors continued, there was a possibility of the alert level being raised to Alert Level 4, which signifies intense volcanic unrest leading to the possibility of hazardous explosive eruptions within hours or days. Updated information on volcanoes in the Philippines is available on the Web sites listed below. The Embassy encourages all Americans residing in or visiting areas near volcanoes to consult these websites frequently and to adhere to all safety instructions from Philippine authorities.

Gazza

I know this has nothing to do with coins but, the Mrs was in Manila when pinatubu blew. She was working in a factory in Quezon City and the steel work was all moving and twisting in the quakes making them all run outside. Back at her parents in Bataan the ash was up to the windows and they were constantly raking it off the roof to stop it collapsing. I went there on my 1st trip just after the lahar took out the area west of San Fernando. I've never seen anything like it. It was if the whole countryside had been levelled with cement 6 feet deep for miles with little bits of roof tops sticking out.