We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoSchools and government offices have closed and hundreds of thousands of people are being urged to evacuate as an active volcano continues to pour out smoke, ash and lava close to the Philippines capital, Manila. At least one man has died, and three others were injured after the lorry he was driving crashed in dense clouds of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt Taal, 40 miles south of Manila. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has classified the volcano’s activity at level 4, the second highest, indicating that an eruption is under way and that a “highly hazardous eruption” could follow within days. The volcano, a popular tourist site located on an island in a scenic lake south of Manila, began pouring…

Source: The Times January 13, 2020 09:08 UTC