More than 30,000 people have now fled their homes ahead of an expected eruption of the Mayon volcano in the central Philippines. Authorities have said a large-scale eruption of the 8077-foot peak is imminent, and have begun trying to evacuate about 50,000 people living around the nation's most active volcano. The secretary-general of the Philippine Red Cross said the ground around the mountain shook several times today. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised its alert level for the Mayon volcano Monday night, warning that a full-scale eruption could occur "within weeks to days." The volcano, about 310 miles S Manila, has gone off 49 times since the first documented eruption in 1616. Mayon's most violent eruption, in 1814, killed more than 1,200 people and devastated several towns. It's last major eruption was in 1993. Since then, it has emitted ash and spewed lava but remained restless.
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