MANILA: Heavy rain washed volcanic mud and debris through a village in the central Philippines on Wednesday (Jun 5), two days after a nearby volcano erupted. Mount Kanlaon on Negros
Volcanic mud and debris washed through a village in the central Philippines after Mount Kanlaon erupted a day earlier. MANILA: Heavy rain washed volcanic mud and debris through a village in the central Philippines on Wednesday , two days after a nearby volcano erupted.Images posted on Facebook and verified by AFP on Wednesday show a torrent of grey mud and rocks, known as cold lava flow, or lahar, roaring down a watercourse in Biaknabato village in Negros Occidental province.
A bulldozer and three dump trucks were deployed to remove the lahar after it stopped flowing but Fernandez said it"might take time" to clear.Lahars are mammoth flows of volcanic debris deposited on a volcano's slopes and unleashed by heavy rain or snow melt. They can bury villages. "We couldn't see anything at first, then there were large stones, ashes and water flowing down the river."Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes around Mount Kanlaon due to falling ash, gases and the threat of lahars.
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