Mount Pinatubo continues to be wracked by increasingly violent eruptions as Typhoon YUNYA slammed into the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands. The two forces of nature threaten to engulf cities and towns in their path. Temperatures of rivers were rising due to hot ash. Debris was clogging everything including generators, thus disrupting power supplies. Pinatubo began erupting violently on Friday and these explosions are seen as a single eruption. ; Still, heavy rains churned up by the typhoon drenched Manila and the provinces near the volcano, raising fears of mudflows that could bury whole towns up to 25 miles away. The eruption is occurring at the same time as U.S.- Philippine discussions on a military bases treaty. A man walks past an oil refinery near Manila's international airport.
Mount Pinatubo continues to be wracked by increasingly violent eruptions as Typhoon YUNYA slammed into the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands. The two forces of nature threaten to engulf cities and towns in their path. Temperatures of rivers were rising due to hot ash. Debris was clogging everything including generators, thus disrupting power supplies. Pinatubo began erupting violently on Friday and these explosions are seen as a single eruption. The eruption is occurring at the same time as U.S.- Philippine discussions on a military bases treaty. A man walks past an oil refinery near Manila's international airport.