More residents flee restive volcano in eastern Philippines

The number of residents who fled their homes near a restive volcano in the eastern Philippines rose to nearly 40,000 amid fears that Wednesday's full moon would finally spark a hazardous eruption, officials said.

About 10,000 more people moved to evacuation centres early Wednesday despite a lull in the activity of Mayon Volcano in Albay province, 330 kilometres south-east of Manila, bringing to 39,278 the total number of evacuees so far.

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