Philippines raises alert level at Mayon Volcano after an eruption
Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupted on Friday morning, sending an ash plume 3,000 meters high. Authorities raised the alert level to 3 and ordered evacuations for over a thousand families near the volcano.
- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert level to 3.
- An eruption is currently happening at Mayon Volcano.
- PHIVOLCS stated Mayon entered a new phase of magmatic eruption.
- The eruption sent an ash column 3,000 metres into the sky.
- Phivolcs advised evacuation of the 6-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone.
- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported the eruption lasted almost six minutes.
- The institute warned of increased risks of lava flows and dangerous pyroclastic clouds.
- Mount Mayon is located about 330 km southeast of Manila.
- Philippine authorities ordered the evacuation of over a thousand families.
- The Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office reported 746 families were evacuated.
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