Mayon Volcano, in the Philippine province of Albay, had a "moderately explosive eruption" at 11:53 on Friday (local time), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), cited by GMA News. The ash column reached about 3,000 meters above the crater and PHIVOLCS raised the alert from level 2 to level 3, which indicates an increased tendency toward a hazardous eruption, according to GMA News and Daily Tribune.
As of 17:00 on Friday, 746 families, 2,041 people, had been evacuated from the volcano's slopes, according to the Albay emergency office (APSEMO) cited by Daily Tribune: 531 families in Tabaco, 205 in Camalig and 10 in Ligao. The authorities are urging people not to enter the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone because of the risk of lava flows and pyroclastic density currents.
Classes were suspended in Albay, according to GMA News, and the provincial emergency operations center went on red alert, according to Daily Tribune. The provincial health office distributed 22,000 surgical masks because of the ash, and other municipalities are prepared for possible evacuations.
Neither source reports casualties or flight cancellations.
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