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With the volcano beginning to expel lava Sunday night, the high-risk zone around Mayon may be expanded should the eruption turn violent, said Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine ...
Villagers living within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon volcano’s crater were told to leave the long-designated permanent danger zone and move to safer grounds due to the danger of ...
Philippine troops, police and rescue workers began forcibly evacuating residents near Mayon Volcano on Friday as its increasing unrest indicated a violent eruption of one of the country’s most ...
Mayon (Central Bikol: Bulkan Mayon; Tagalog: Bulkang Mayon, IPA:), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol, Philippines. A popular tourist spot, it is renowned for its "perfect cone" because of its symmetric conical shape , and is regarded as sacred in Philippine mythology .
Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities close to the erupting Mayon Volcano, traumatized by the sight of red-hot lava flowing down its crater and fearful of sporadic blasts ...
Similarly, Isarog Volcano, also dormant and part of the Bicol Volcanic Arc, last erupted in 2,374 BCE ± 87 years or 3,500 BCE ± 125 years (5,500 ya ± 125 years) and is now a favored camping destination. Together, these volcanoes contribute to the geological diversity and natural attractions of the Philippines.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) currently lists 355 volcanoes in the Philippines as inactive. [2] The PHIVOLCS listing is the basis of this list, but with additional information, some were reclassified in the active list or the potentially active list.
The Philippines raised the alert level at the popular Mayon volcano by a notch on Thursday, after detecting volcanic earthquakes and hundreds of rockfall events. At "alert level 3" on a scale of 5 ...