The Office of Civil Defense orders the mandatory evacuation of all residents within Mount Kanlaon’s six-kilometer-radius expanded danger zone.
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00:00The Office of Civil Defense orders the mandatory evacuation of all residents within Mt. Canlaon's
00:066-kilometer-radius Expanded Danger Zone.
00:09It warns lahar hazards could impact 13 cities and municipalities across Negros Occidental,
00:14endangering over 640,000 people.
00:18Lahar flowed around midnight on Saturday, December 14, almost a week after Canlaon's
00:22December 9 eruption signaled unrest again.
00:26The order affects residents in the following cities, all identified as high-risk areas.
00:33The OCD says an anticipated low-pressure area still outside the Philippine area could make
00:37the situation worse with heavy rain, increasing the risk of volcanic debris flows.
00:43Moises Padilla and La Castellana mayors say they've already activated local disaster response
00:48teams.
00:49Police and rescuers are now keeping an eye on rivers and streams to monitor mudflow.
00:54So far, authorities are relieved the mudflows had not reached the roads, unlike the June
00:583 Canlaon eruption.