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‘Hazardous eruption may happen soon’

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AN AERIAL inspection of Mayon Volcano has shown a hazardous eruption could happen within days or  weeks, an official said Thursday.

But Paul Alanis, science research specialist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, said they could not tell exactly when the volcano would erupt.

“There is no technology that could determine when a hazardous eruption could take place,” Alanis told the Manila Standard.

But he said Mayon Volcano was already experiencing “silent eruptions many times.”

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“The lava collapses are considered eruptions, silent or non-hazardous ones,” he said.

silent eruptions.  Aerial shot of smoke billowing from Mayon Volcano, which has experienced ‘silent eruptions’ but a major, hazardous eruption may or may not happen at all, according to volcanologists. Phivolcs Photo

As the volcano continued to spew ash, smoke and lava, the Diocese of  Legazpi on Thursday called on the faithful to open their homes to evacuees to help decongest the evacuation centers.

In a radio interview, Diocese of Legazpi Social Action director Rex Paul Arjona said they were hoping that the faithful would participate in the “Hararom na Pagranga sa Orog na Nangangaipo”  program.

“We are campaigning to convince the residents of the surrounding evacuation centers to welcome evacuees to their homes,” Arjona said.

Alert level 3 remained over Mayon Volcano as of Thursday afternoon.

“We could not yet raise the alert level to 4 since we have not yet noticed a sustained lava fountaining,” Alanis said.

A Phivolcs team, along with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, has conducted an aerial survey around Mount Mayon to get a clearer picture of the volcano’s situation.

There was still no sign yet of lahar coming out of the volcano, according to Phivolcs Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Division head Maria Antonia Bornas.

Mt. Mayon continued to spew ashes, thick gases, rocks and lava.

According to Alanis, the eruption of Mt. Mayon is a spectacle to watch “for as long as the people will stay away from the six-kilometer permanent danger zone and the seven-kilometer danger zone southwest of Mt. Mayon.

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