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THE Philippines’ most active volcano spewed lava down its slopes today, prompting officials to warn tens of thousands of villagers to be ready to flee if the gentle eruption turns more violent.
A high-risk zone around Mayon may be expanded should the eruption turn violent, said Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
More than 13,000 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a 3.7-mile radius of Mayon since volcanic activity increased last week, but an unspecified number of residents remain within the permanent danger zone below Mayon, an area long declared off-limits to people but where generations have lived and farmed because they have nowhere else to go.
Mayon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines. It last erupted violently in 2018, displacing tens of thousands of villagers. In 1814, Mayon’s eruption buried entire villages and reportedly left more than 1,000 people dead.
