MORE than P10 million worth of assistance has been extended to families affected by the current Mayon Volcano eruptions, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
In a situation report posted Monday, the NDRRMC said government assistance amounting to P10.2 million consisted of food and other essential items was handed out 1,130 families in Albay.
The agency said Mayon’s ongoing restiveness has affected 1,304 families or over 5,000 people residing in the peripheries of the volcano.
Of this number, 1,114 families were sheltered in 12 evacuation centers, while 17 other families are receiving aid outside the evacuation facilities.
On Jan. 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the alert status on Mayon to Level 3 amid increased restiveness toward hazardous eruptions.
Repeated collapse of the unstable summit dome of the volcano has generated increased frequency and volume of rockfalls.
Since Jan. 1, a total of 346 rockfall events and four volcanic earthquakes were recorded, compared to 599 rockfall events from November to December 2025.
These rockfall events had durations of one minute to five minutes and transported lava debris within a kilometer range of the southern upper slopes.
Phivolcs added that the volume of discrete rockfall, with observed incandescence at nighttime, increased on Monday, signaling an increase in dome growth and the onset of extrusion of new lava at the crater.
