<span style="color: #222222;">Authorities in Philippines today lifted most of a mass evacuation order saying an explosive eruption of the country's restive Taal volcano no longer appears imminent but warned residents to remain ready to flee.<br />''<br />''Warning signs like earthquakes have been steadily waning since Taal burst to life two weeks ago with plumes of ash and lava. It had forced over 135,000 people into shelters over fears that a massive blast was coming.<br />''<br />''The nation's seismological agency said, steadily shrinking ash and gas emissions were signs of decreased tendency towards hazardous explosive eruption, leading them to drop the by a notch.<br />''<br />''The immediate impact of the reduced warning was the lifting of the evacuation order for nearly all the towns that ring the volcano, a tourist attraction that sits in the middle of a lake. Local Governor Hermilando Mandanas told a press conference that residents of all towns under lockdown except Agoncillo and Laurel now have the option to return.</span><br />