Philippine official misses Copenhagen because of volcano
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 9:31AM Commentary by Kay B. Day
Provincial Governor Joey Salceda (Albay, the Philippines) missed the climate change gala in Copenhagen because the Mayon volcano came closer to a major eruption. The National Disaster Coordinating Council (Philippines) update issued Tuesday said the alert level of Mayon Volcano was raised “from ALERT LEVEL 2 to ALERT LEVEL 3 which means that magma is close to the crater and hazardous explosive eruption is imminent.”
Salceda had planned to go to Copenhagen to talk about typhoons and natural disasters affecting his province said the Associated Press.
The NDCC update reported “23 volcanic quakes were also recorded from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM 14 December 2009.”
The area affected by Mayon is in a volcanic hot spot—the Pacific Ring of Fire.
This photographic print on a stereo card showing Mayon Volcano in the background dates to 1906.[Image is from the US Library of Congress.]
