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Residents within the 7- to 8-kilometer extended danger zone from Mayon volcano have been advised to prepare for evacuation.
“Even with the mobility assets already deployed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines to support evacuation, we estimate it will take three-and-a-half days, given time-and-motion calculations,” he added. Mayon Volcano’s unrest has affected a total of 41,517 individuals or 10,652 families residing in 26 barangays, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Sunday.
Mayon Volcano, which is currently under Alert Level 3 due to intensified unrest, also continued to have a “very slow effusion” of lava flow from its crater, reaching up to 2.7 kilometers along the Mi-isi Gully.There were also lava collapses on both gullies within 3.3 kilometers and 4 kilometers along the Basud Gully, Phivolcs said.
Meanwhile, Phivolcs reported that Taal Volcano in Batangas released a 900-meter plume in the last 24 hours that drifted northeastward.
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