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Nearly 39,000 affected as Mayon continues spewing ash, lava: NDRRMC

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Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Lava flows from Mayon Volcano at night on June 15, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/06/17/20230615-mayon-lava-flow-jc-2.jpg"/><figcaption>Lava flows from Mayon Volcano at night on June 15, 2023. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — Nearly 39,000 people have been affected by Mayon Volcano&#x27;s continued unrest, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Sunday, with more than half of them still seeking shelter at evacuation centers.</p><p>According to the NDRRMC&#x27;s <a href="https://monitoring-dashboard.ndrrmc.gov.ph/page/reports/situational-report-for-the-mayon-volcanic-activity-2023">latest situation report</a>, more than 20,000 residents were taking refuge at 28 evacuation centers in Albay two weeks since the volcano started becoming restive.</p><p>At least six cities and towns have also suspended classes, the council said.</p><p>The government has also extended assistance worth more than P62 million to affected residents, most of them food packs provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).</p><p>Albay Governor Edcel Greco Lagman earlier proposed alloting about P196 million in funds to support thousands of evacuees from his province for 90 days, a suggestion that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the national government would be looking into.</p><p>Phivolcs had said Mayon may continue rumbling for months.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/17/23/erupting-mayon-continues-to-ooze-lava-alert-3-remains">Erupting Mayon continues to ooze lava; Alert 3 remains</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/14/23/mayon-evacuees-may-top-33000-if-unrest-worsens-lagman">Over 33,000 may flee homes if Mayon placed under Alert Level 4: Lagman</a></li></ul><p>As of Sunday, Mayon remains at Alert Level 3 as it continued to spew ash and lava, Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol told ABS-CBN TeleRadyo.</p><p>Bacolcol also noted that while there were only 3 volcanic earthquakes recorded in Mayon over the last 24 hours, there was a slight increase in its total seismic energy release.</p><p>He also allayed fears from residents and businessmen in Albay about the present eruption&#x27;s possible destruction of the famed Cagsawa Ruins, remnants of a former Catholic church that bore the brunt of Mayon&#x27;s 1814 eruption.</p><p>&quot;Ang Cagsawa Ruins po, it&#x27;s 13 kilometers away from the summit. Nasira po yan noong 1814 eruption. Hindi po yan nasira dahil sa pumutok yung bulkan, kundi nasira po iyon dahil sa lahar deposit,&quot; he said.</p><p>(It was destroyed during the 1814 eruption. It was not destroyed because the volcano erupted, but because of the lahar deposits.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/06/17/23/posibleng-pagguho-ng-kampanaryo-sa-cagsawa-pinangangambahan">Posibleng pagguho ng kampanaryo sa Cagsawa pinangangambahan</a></li></ul><p>Bacolcol also reminded residents to avoid Mayon&#x27;s six-kilometer permanent danger zone so as not to run the risk of being caught in sudden volcanic activity.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2676676" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Nearly 39,000 affected as Mayon continues spewing ash, lava: NDRRMC

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 18, 2023 12:40 PM PHT

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Updated June 19, 2023 09:35 AM PHT

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