Authorities are planning to use clowns, along with entertainers and storytellers, to help keep evacuees happy and prevent them from returning to their homes in light of Mayon Volcano’s impending eruption.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the alert level in the area around Mayon Volcano to level 4, saying that an eruption in a few days is imminent.
The Philippine government has begun the evacuation of nearly 50,000 people living within the five-mile radius of Mount Mayon in Albay as it started spewing out ash and lava earlier this week.
Andal Ampatuan Jr, the primary suspect in the massacre of more than 50 people in Maguindanao, Philippines, surrendered to the authorities on Thursday.
15 more bodies were found at the site of a massacre in the southern part of the country, said Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Versoza.
