amanda mckenzie here in sydney.canoll from in the philippines has closed down airport activity and even the stock exchange. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: the ongoing volcanic irruption from manila -- near manila caused the government to shut offices and schools. officials are warning of hazardous ash and smoke. let's bring in our reporter. how bad is the situation? we are still on alert level which means a hazardous explosive corruption is imminent and could happen in a matter of hours or days. the volcano is one of the most active in the philippines, and it started spewing on sunday afternoon, creating a column as high as 15 kilometers into the air, visible in parts of the capital which is 90 kilometers away. evacuation operations have started. the philippines volcanology agency has monitored 50 earthquakes which says it could be indicative of magma activity underneath. the volcano is one of the most popular tourist destinations. it is volcano in the middle of a lake in fact a lot of tourist -- and attracts a lot of

amanda mckenzie is leadi advocate for action on climate change in australia. >> i think the fires have changed erything. we don't know just how much that it has impacted people yet, but the trma will go on for some time and i think it will t ndamentally change how australians looke issue of climate change, but it also will federal government.at the >> reporter: here in southeast australia it is impossible to ignore the crisis at their front door. and while there is some evidence opinions may in fact be changing, not everyone recognizes the urgency.hi >>has sort of become a generational thing in terms of people picking up on it. i'm not a skeptic but i hope they're wrong. i really do. i hope they're wrong because that would be a disaster for the planet. >> reporter: do you worry about ryan's future and what this-- as the trends go up. what that might mean for living in australia? there but how much of it isange actually having effect of what we're doing here. d >> i base isions on information. if i got the information and i will make that decision basically.m so, if id the right informa