MORE than 38,000 persons have been evacuated in the areas surrounding Mayon Volcano, as it continued to rumble, cough out lava, and spew ash and steam in what the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has described as “normal under Alert Level 4.”

Chief Insp. Arthur Gomez, spokesman for the Albay Provincial Police Office, said on Tuesday that a total of 11,475 families or 38,785 persons were evacuated to 38 evacuation centers.

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