Mount Mayon Still Under Alert Level 3, Says Palace

Mount Mayon remains in Alert Level 3, despite lava flow activities early Sunday, a Palace official said.

“Batay sa pinakahuling ulat ng NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council), umiiral ang Alert Level 3 sa Mount Mayon na ang ibig sabihin ay ito: that magma is at the center of the volcano and that hazardous eruption is possible within weeks,” Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., said an interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.

The NDRRMC estimated that the people in evacuation areas have now reached some 12,931 families or 57,633 persons, from two cities and five municipalities in Albay.

The Communications Secretary noted that the the total combined assistance extended by the government and non-government organization (NGO) is now at P88,773,524.

This came from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Office of Civil Defense, Department of Health (DOH), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), PhilHealth, Department of Education (DepEd), the Philippine Red Cross, and other NGOs.

Coloma added that members of the Cabinet are set to visit Albay to assess the situation in the evacuation centers.

These are Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Social Secretary Dinky Soliman, Health Secretary Enrique Ona, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, along with retired Admiral Alexander Pama, the executive director of NDRRMC. PND (ag)

Source: PCOO

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