Elements of the Army’s 9th Infantry “Spear” Division (9ID) continued to conduct humanitarian and disaster response (HADR) operations in collaboration with government agencies to bolster preparations for a worst case scenario on Mayon Volcano.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) reported that a very slow effusion of lava from the crater of Mayon Volcano continued, along with debris on the southern gullies.
The soldiers warned villagers within the 6-km radius permanent danger zone (PDZ) on the dangers of stronger volcanic activities, in coordination with the Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO).
The troops provided transportation during the evacuation, as well as security assistance during a medical and dental mission among the evacuees.
They also assisted in transporting 430 sacks of rice from the National Food Authority Warehouse, along with relief goods from the Office of Municipal Welfare & Development.
THE steam-laden plumes from Mayon reached 2,500 meters on Friday, the Philvolcs reported.
The agency said the “very slow” effusion of lava flow from the crater along Mi-isi gully has extended to 2.23 kilometers from 2.1 kilometers during the past 24 hours.
It recorded two volcanic earthquakes over the volcano, which is higher compared to a tremor reported on Thursday.
There was a total of 284 rockfall events and seven dome-collapse pyroclastic density current (PDC) events.
A similarly very slow effusion of lava flow from the crater was also observed along Bonga gully extending up to 1.3 kilometers. Vince Lopez, Rio N. Araja
Collapse debris deposited to 3,300 meters from the crater.
The volcano also had 595 tons of sulfur dioxide emission on Thursday, the Phivolcs said. “Alert Level 3 is maintained over Mayon Volcano, which means that it is currently in a relatively high level of unrest as magma is at the crater and hazardous eruption within weeks or even days is possible,” Phivolcs said.
