Time-lapse video of volcano erupting at night

The Philippines’ most active volcano is erupting.

Thousands of people on the island of Luzon have had to evacuate their homes.

This time-lapse video shows the lava as it spews from volcano called “Mayon”

The Philippines volcanology institute warns residents to not only beware of lava and ash, but also landslides and falling rocks.

The 2,462-metre (8,077-foot) high volcano, a tourist attraction in central Albay province because of its near-perfect cone shape, spewed ash and burning mud and rocks over the past two days, forcing more than 3,000 residents to evacuate from nearby villages.

Local residents posted photos of the volcano’s bright crater glow on social media on Sunday (January 14). The phenomenon signifies the lava had started to flow from the crater. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the volcano alert to level 3 late on Sunday after detecting the lava flow.