IROSIN, SORSOGON: Over 1,000 people were evacuated in the towns of Irosin and Juban for safety after disaster authorities in Sorosogn province braced for the worst from a restive Mount Bulusan, and the possibility of Tropical Storm Dodong developing into a supertyphoon.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the alert status of Mount Bulusan in Sor-sogon from normal to Alert Level 1, after it spewed ash plume cloud as high as 250 meters, spawned by a phreatic eruption, on Wednesday night.

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