The number of evacuees in Albay province swelled to almost 84,500 as
threats of a possible major explosion of the restless Mt. Mayon
persists.
In a report of Legazpi City’s Provincial Disaster Operation Center
issued on Wednesday, a total of 84,425 individuals or 21,987 families
from the 61 barangays within the 8-kilometer danger zone are currently
sheltered in 79 evacuations centers located in different Albay towns.
This figure is 15,000 individuals or 3,696 families higher than the
recorded 69,425 individuals or 18,291 families evacuated from the danger
zone as of Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology
(Phivolcs) documented from Tuesday morning until Wednesday early morning
a total of 298 volcanic earthquakes, 52 rock fall events, and four
pyroclastic density currents generated from lava collapse.
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“The public is strongly advised to be vigilant and desist from
entering the eight kilometer-radius danger zone, and to be additionally
vigilant against pyroclastic density current, lahars, and sediment-laden
stream flows along channels draining the edifice,” the Phivolcs
said. /kga
Responding to appeals for help, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is
extending its relief to the families affected by the recent volcanic
activities of Mayon.
Cash donations may be deposited in the Inquirer Foundation Corp. Banco De Oro (BDO) Current Account No: 007960018860.
Inquiries may be addressed to Inquirer’s Corporate Affairs office through Connie Kalagayan at 897-4426, ckalagayan@inquirer.com.ph and Bianca Kasilag-Macahilig at 897-8808 local 352, bkasilag@inquirer.com.ph.
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Cash donations may be deposited in the Inquirer Foundation Corp. Banco De Oro (BDO) Current Account No: 007960018860.
Inquiries may be addressed to Inquirer’s Corporate Affairs office through Connie Kalagayan at 897-4426, ckalagayan@inquirer.com.ph and Bianca Kasilag-Macahilig at 897-8808 local 352, bkasilag@inquirer.com.ph.
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