BusinessWorldPHIVOLCS raises Mayon Volcano to Alert Level 3 following explosive eruption
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PHIVOLCS raised the alert level for Mayon Volcano to Level 3 after a moderately explosive eruption occurred on Friday. The eruption produced a dense ash plume reaching 3,000 meters, with ashfall expected in surrounding municipalities. The alert level increase indicates a new phase of magmatic eruption, increasing the chances of lava flows and hazardous pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) or uson on the volcano's upper and middle slopes. Authorities recommended evacuations in the six-kilometer permanent danger zone and advised heightened vigilance against various hazards.