Spewing Volcano May Signal Major Eruption
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From Times Wire Reports
About 3,000 villagers left their homes as a central Philippine volcano unleashed a series of explosions and lava trickled down its slopes in a warning of possible eruption, officials said.
Residents of four small villages five miles from the slopes of Mayon volcano--about 200 miles southeast of Manila--fled to evacuation centers in the city of Legazpi, Mayor Imelda Roces said.
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