Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) OIC Director Teresito Bacolcol said on Friday, June 9 that they are not ruling out the possibility of raising Mayon Volcano’s alert level from 3 to 4. ManilaBulletin READ:
“There is always the possibility na itaas natin ‘to to alert level 4 ,” Bacolcol said in a public briefing.
“If we raise alert level 4, the permanent danger zone can be extended from six kilometers to eight kilometers,” he said in Filipino. Mayon Volcano emits white smoke, which was visible from Brgy. Anoling, Camalig, Albay on June 8, 2023. Bacolcol explained that significant parameters such as the amount of sulfur dioxide, seismic activity, inflation of the volcano’s edifice, occurrence of lava flows and fountaining, and frequency of pyroclastic density currents are considered in raising the alert level of Mayon Volcano to 4.
Bacolcol said Mayon Volcano’s sulfur dioxide emission was only about 300 tons per day, which is lower than its normal emission of 500 tons per day.Bacolcol cited two past events as possible scenarios given the current activity of the Mayon Volcano.
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