Philippines: Police Cracking Down on Volcano Tourists

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 30th, 2009 | Trackback

Authorities have begun cracking down on tourists venturing into the danger zone around erupting Mayon volcano near Legazpi City on Luzon island. Disaster officials ordered military officers to arrest anyone caught inside the five-mile-radius forbidden zone, where enterprising locals have been said to be renting all-terrain vehicles to tourists so they can get closer to the rumbling mountain. Soldiers manned additional checkpoints and set up roadblocks on side roads to stop tourists from slipping in. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes around the volcano that has been spewing ash and leaking lava for weeks. Volcanologists said the volcano could have an explosive eruption any day.

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