Phivolcs said on Saturday, July 15, that Mayon Volcano remained at alert level 3 as it showed intensified unrest or magmatic unrest. | ManilaBulletin READ:
The Mayon Volcano ejects massive pyroclastic density currents towards the Basud Gully in Sto. Domingo town in Albay province around 5:30 p.m. on July 10, 2023.
As posted in its latest bulletin, Phivolcs said the length of "very slow" lava effusion reached 2.8 kilometers and 1.4 km in Mi-isi and Bonga Gullies.With the Alert Level status, Phivolcs strictly prohibited entering the six-kilometer radius permanent danger zone and warns pilots not to fly any aircraft close to the volcano.
The prohibition is due to the possibilities of rockfalls or landslides, or avalanches; ballistic fragments; lava flows and fountains; pyroclastic density currents; moderate-sized explosions; lahars during heavy and prolonged rainfall.Phivolcs said 39 volcanic tremors, 362 rockfall events, and five pyroclastic density currents were recorded in Mayon.
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