Some 12,000 people living within Kanlaon Volcano’s government-declared four-kilometer permanent danger zone refuse to leave their homes despite warnings and an evacuation order from the local government.
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00:00Some 12,000 people living within Canlaon Volcano's government-declared 4-kilometer permanent
00:06danger zone refused to leave their homes despite warnings and an evacuation order from the
00:11local government.
00:13La Castellana Mayor Alme Rumaylan Nicor Mangilimutan says residents were reluctant to leave because
00:19of indigenous beliefs and economic concerns.
00:22She says around 2,600 households or about 12,000 residents are still staying in four
00:27villages within the danger zone in La Castellana alone despite the city's mandatory evacuation
00:33order.
00:34The following villages in Barangays are under threat from potential lahar flows and another
00:38possible eruption.
00:40PHIVOC says it recorded at least 17 volcanic earthquakes with high sulfur dioxide emissions.