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Mayon volcano’s pyroclastic flows reached 5.08 km from the summit — the longest runout since the current eruption began

The superheated avalanche tore down Mayon Volcano’s southeastern flank in minutes, traveling 5.08 kilometers from the summit before grinding to a halt in a drainage channel above the farming ...
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Mayon volcano’s pyroclastic flows reached 5.08 km — the longest runout since the current eruption began — as 287,000 people remain displaced

On May 2, a collapsing lava front on Mayon Volcano sent a superheated torrent of gas, ash, and rock 5.08 kilometers down its southeastern slopes, the longest pyroclastic flow recorded since the ...