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by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (AFP) — Millions of tons of ash and rock from Mayon volcano could bury nearby communities due to heavy rain, authorities said Saturday, as tens of thousands flee over fears of a deadly explosion. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) issued the warning as heavy rains lashed the area surrounding the Mayon volcano, which has been emitting flaming lava and giant clouds of […]
(Eagle News) — The previous eight-kilometer danger zone around Mayon volcano has now been extended to nine kilometers because of the volcano’s continuous explosions and lava fountaining. This was the decision of the Albay provincial government as Mayon spewed more ash, smoke and even lava that signaled that hazardous eruption is “imminent.” More than 75,000 people have fled the danger areas surrounding Mayon, according to civil defense officials. Local officials are also thinking of […]
LEGAZPI, Albay– Tens of thousands more people have fled Mount Mayon, relief workers said Wednesday, as foreign tourists arrived to watch the flaming lava and giant clouds spurting from its crater. More than 70,000 residents are now crammed in schools and other buildings, a figure that has nearly doubled over the past three days, officials said, two weeks after the volcano in Albay began showing signs of activity. Volcanologists on Monday warned of a […]
(Eagle News) —An official of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council gave the assurance the agency was acting swiftly to help communities affected by the Mayon volcano’s recent activity. “The National Council provides assistance through the distribution of relief items such as food, non-food items, medicines and other logistics to disaster-stricken communities…we assure the public of our urgent action to augment LGU (local government unit) capacity to provide needed relief assistance,” NDDRMC executive […]
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has hoisted an Alert Level 4 over Mt. Mayon following the volcano’s recent activity that could reportedly lead to “hazardous eruptions.” An eruption leads to the destruction of people’s properties and lives. Preparation, in short, is key to survival
ALBAY, Philippines (AFP) — Lava and ash shoot up from one of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes, Mayon, amid fears of a violent explosion.
(Eagle News) – More ash explosions were seen this morning, January 23, in Mayon Volcano as volcanologists warned of continuous explosions after it raised the volcano’s alert level to number 4, meaning hazardous eruption is imminent. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that as of 8:54 a.m. Tuesday, another phreatomagmatic eruption occurred in Mt. Mayon sensing an ash column five kilometers high. This was similar to yesterday’s 5-km high ash cloud […]
(Eagle News) — More families near Mayon Volcano are being facilitated for evacuation after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert level 4 warning on the volcano, meaning “hazardous eruption is imminent.” Some 7,000 to 8,000 families are targeted for evacuation after the Phivolcs warning that Monday’s latest explosions which sent ash columns several kilometers up the volcano, would endanger those living up to eight kilometers from Mayon’s radius. The Civil […]
LEGASPI, Albay (Eagle News) — Photos of Mount Mayon covered by thick smoke and ash as it erupts on Tuesday morning, January 16, 2018. (Photos by Eagle News Correspondent Rebert Soriao) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology notes “quiet lava effusion from a new summit lava dome” in Mayon volcano. It also noted lava flow down the Miisi and Bonga Gullies and lava collapse events characterized Mayon Volcano’s eruptive activity from Monday to Tuesday […]
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AFP) — Spectacular lava “fireworks” shooting from its crater are drawing tourists to the Philippines’ most active volcano, authorities said Tuesday as scientists warned of a potential dangerous eruption within days. Lava spurting from Mayon volcano lit up the sky overnight Monday in what scientists said was a sign of increasing activity that prompted official calls for evacuation of areas under threat from a major eruption. But even as thousands of residents […]
Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a Mayon, a rumbling Philippine volcano on Monday, January 15, 2018, in what volcanologists described as a “quiet eruption”, warning it could lead to a hazardous explosion within days. But what leads to volcanic eruptions? Most of the world’s volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire, a meeting point of tectonic plates and an area of intense seismic activity. Tectonic plates […]
ALBAY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Residents of Barangay Masarawag in Guinobatan, Albay are now in evacuation centers, arriving there since 4 p.m. Monday, January 15. About 40 people occupied 30 classrooms in Guinobatan West Central School as of Monday night. Some of the residents had dinner inside the evacuation centers. At around 7 p.m. Monday, the school principal Haydee Cadag conducted an orientation of the room coordinators. Other evacuees had to be housed in […]
