The local government of Albay has ordered the mandatory evacuation of residents inside the six-kilometer permanent danger zone after the Phivolcs raised alert level 3 on Mayon Volcano. | MaAprilMierINQ /PDI
The provincial government has not yet released the latest data on the number of villages and residents that had to be evacuated from the foot of the volcano.
Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo Jr. ordered the early dismissal of classes in Tumpa, Quirangay, and Cabangan villages, which are inside the six to seven kilometer radius of the volcano. Baldo said farmers and other residents would not be allowed to enter the six-kilometer radius permanent danger zone.
Phivolcs said there was an “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption,” which means increased chances of lava flows and hazardous pyroclastic density currently affecting the upper to middle slopes of the volcano and of potential explosive activity within weeks or even days. The increased activity prompted Phivolcs to raise the alert level on Mayon Volcano from 2 to 3 on Thursday morning.
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