January 14, 2018 – The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and seismology (PHIVOLCS) raised Alert Level 3 over the Mayon Volcano, Albay as there is an “increased tendency toward eruption.”

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In a statement released by the department, Mayon Volcano has noticeably increased its unrest after three phreatic (steam-driven) eruptions and 158 rockfall events. They raised the status form Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 3 as “Mayon is exhibiting relatively high unrest and that magma is at the crater and that hazardous eruption is possible within weeks or even days.”

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PHIVOLCS advised authorities pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano’s summit as ash from any sudden eruption can be hazardous to aircraft. As of Sunday, around 3,000 people evacuated as the volcano continued spewing ash.

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Netizens also posted updates and advisories on the issue, the pictures from the page Proud To Be Albayano, a glowing red structure can be seen on the mouth of the Mayon Volcano. Prayers and reminders are being sent to the citizens of Albay. As of 11 PM, the post had gathered more than 8.000 reactions and 12,000 shares.