BACOLOR, PAMPANGA—Resorts are helping this town rise back after 6 meters of lahar (volcanic debris) buried it from 1992 to 1995 following the June 15, 1991, catastrophic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. As of May this year, 32 resorts have registered for business, a local government report showed. These are located in the villages of Cabalantian, San Vicente, Santa Ines (erased by 1995 lahar remobilized by rains and overflowing from the Pasig-Potrero River or Gugu Creek), Cabetican (swamped by 1992 lahar), Calibutbut (the only village spared because it was on the high northern side), Concepcion, Duat, Maliwalu, Parulog, San Antonio and Santa Barbara (trapped inside the lahar-catchment FVR Megadike since 1996), Magliman and San Isidro (straddling the landside of the megadike).

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