Mayon 'lava fountaining' continues but Alert Level 4 stays - Phivolcs

SAFE FROM MAYON. Some 337 families taking refuge at the Gabawan Elementary School in Daraga Albay receive aid from the Philippine Red Cross on Wednesday

SAFE FROM MAYON. Some 337 families taking refuge at the Gabawan Elementary School in Daraga Albay receive aid from the Philippine Red Cross on Wednesday

Reuters quoted unidentified volcanologists saying that there were seven more episodes of intense lava fountains at the crater over 21 hours since Thursday morning.

Ash plumes still rising up to 3 miles high have spread ash onto farms and towns nearby, darkening the skies and forcing villagers to wear masks.

For almost two weeks, Mayon, famous for its near-perfect cone shape, has increasingly gushed red-hot lava fountains, belched huge columns of ash and molten rocks into the sky and plunged outlying villages and cities in darkness because of the falling ash.

The Philippines is bracing for a three-month long emergency in the areas around the Mount Mayon volcano in the central Albay province, the country's disaster agency said on Friday, Reuters reported.

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Phivolcs officials noted that there have been 15 volcanic earthquakes and 19 tremor events that corresponded to seven lava fountaining occurences.

Alert status was raised to level 4 (hazardous eruption imminent) on January 22 at 1:00 PM by DOST-PHIVOLCS due to the phreatomagmatic eruption (increased seismic unrest, lava fountaining and summit explosion).

The eruption of the Philippine volcano Mayon had been forced to leave their homes more than 30 thousand local residents.

The agency also said classes have been suspended I 17 towns and cities of Albay and Camarines Sur provinces while 11 worldwide and 86 domestic flights have been canceled since January 22.

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