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                    [Title] => Angat Dam water elevation now above critical level
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Water elevation at the Angat Dam finally went beyond the critical level of 180 meters above sea level (masl) yesterday after dropping to a record low of 157.54 masl last July 14.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 510141 [Title] => Back floods hit Bulacan town [Summary] =>

Residents of this town began to feel the impact of back flooding as the rest of Central Luzon prepares for typhoon “Pepeng.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 461880 [Title] => Albay folk in risky areas face relocation [Summary] =>

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Albay officials are considering the relocation of 500 families or 25,000 people who presently reside near gullies, rivers and other risky areas at the foot of Mayon volcano before the rainy season.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096599 [AuthorName] => Cet Dematera [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428569 [Title] => Firecracker-related incidents claim 3 more lives in Bulacan [Summary] =>

MAOLOS CITY – Firecracker-related incidents claimed three more lives in Bulacan on Friday, or two days after the New Year revelry, while sending another one in the hospital in critical condition.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 420067 [Title] => Bulacan taps students in flashflood prevention [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY – Students from different public high schools in eastern Bulacan are being tapped by the provincial government to mitigate flood disasters through the School Hydrological Information Network Project (Project Shine). [DatePublished] => 2008-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354246 [Title] => Mayon resumes explosions [Summary] => LEGAZPI CITY — After a brief lull, Mt. Mayon in Albay has resumed exhibiting high abnormal conditions, blowing its top six times over a 24-hour period since Monday night.

Volcanic earthquakes indicating magma ascending to the crater were detected 24 times. Tremors from the on-rushing lava registered a record-high 431 times.

Mayon rested for about two days. But with the resurgence of its high-level unrest, volcanologists said it is too early to tell whether the country’s most active volcano is set for a bigger explosion or simmering down.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251083 [Title] => C’duanes allocates P5.8-M for calamity victims [Summary] => VIRAC, Catanduanes — The provincial government has approved a P5.8-million calamity fund as initial support for the immediate relief of thousands of families who were rendered homeless due to typhoon "Dindo" which, packing winds of 180 kilometers per hour, battered the island-province last Monday.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the calamity fund during an emergency session last Friday, presided over by Vice Gov. Cesar Sarmiento.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804767 [AuthorName] => Cecille Suerte Felipe [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100102 [Title] => Mayon in ‘mild state of eruption’ [Summary] => LEGAZPI CITY — Volcanologists declared Mayon Volcano to be in a "mild state of eruption" after its crater glow, from Thursday night to 5 a.m. yesterday, grew intense, and magma intrusion toward the summit pushed hot lava down the Bonga Gully.

The increased incandescence of the crater glow, up from an intensity of one (faint) to three (bright), was attributed to fresh magma at the volcano’s mouth.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096599 [AuthorName] => Cet Dematera [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104340 [Title] => Mayon in ‘mild state of eruption’ [Summary] => LEGAZPI CITY — Volcanologists declared Mayon Volcano to be in a "mild state of eruption" after its crater glow, from Thursday night to 5 a.m. yesterday, grew intense, and magma intrusion toward the summit pushed hot lava down the Bonga Gully.

The increased incandescence of the crater glow, up from an intensity of one (faint) to three (bright), was attributed to fresh magma at the volcano’s mouth.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096599 [AuthorName] => Cet Dematera [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87025 [Title] => Mayon eruption over; alert level lowered [Summary] =>

LEGAZPI CITY - Government scientists announced yesterday that Mayon volcano has stopped erupting but warned residents not to return to areas declared unsafe because Mayon could still roar back to life.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lowered Mayon's alert level from five to four and reduced the eight-kilometer expanded danger zone around it following a week-long downtrend in its activity as of yesterday.

Phivolcs said it will issue a warning should there be a change in prevailing trends like the acceleration of seismicity, ground deformation [DatePublished] => 2000-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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