Sunday, June 25, 2006
Residents flee from Philippine village as boulders rumble down restive volcano
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The PassPosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(TheStar.com.my) from Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 100 residents fled from a Philippine farming village after hearing boulders and rocks rumbling down restive Mount Bulusan amid heavy rains from a tropical storm, an official said Sunday.
Army and government trucks helped the residents flee from Cogon village below Bulusan. No one was injured and no houses were damaged by the mudflow and boulders _ some as big as a car _ that tumbled down the volcano late Saturday, said Mayor Lilia Gonzales of Irosin town, where Cogon is located.
The boulders and rocks _ ejected during Bulusan's previous ash expulsions _ were washed down the volcano by the heavy rains, Gonzales said.
"The villagers heard the rocks cascading down Bulusan and they ran for their lives thinking they...
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The PassPosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(TheStar.com.my) from Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 100 residents fled from a Philippine farming village after hearing boulders and rocks rumbling down restive Mount Bulusan amid heavy rains from a tropical storm, an official said Sunday.
Army and government trucks helped the residents flee from Cogon village below Bulusan. No one was injured and no houses were damaged by the mudflow and boulders _ some as big as a car _ that tumbled down the volcano late Saturday, said Mayor Lilia Gonzales of Irosin town, where Cogon is located.
The boulders and rocks _ ejected during Bulusan's previous ash expulsions _ were washed down the volcano by the heavy rains, Gonzales said.
"The villagers heard the rocks cascading down Bulusan and they ran for their lives thinking they...
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