"The devotion originated in the 1770s due to miracles attributed to the #NuestraSenoraDeSalvacion image during Spanish times." #Philippines

Thousands gather for #SeaProcession of centuries-old religious icon in #Albay
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/sea-procession-nuestra-senora-de-salvacion-albay-august-19-2023/

"#MANILA, #Philippines – State volcanologists observed an increase in the frequency of pyroclastic density currents (#PDCs) from #MayonVolcano in #Albay, which started late Sunday afternoon, July 9.

PDCs are made up of fragmented volcanic particles, gases, and ash that travel down volcanic slopes at high speeds."

https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/phivolcs-mayon-volcano-update-advisory-july-10-2023-8am/

"#LegazpiCity, #Albay, #Philippines — As Mt. Mayon continued to display an increasing level of restiveness, the #volcano on Monday spewed ash affecting two localities in Albay province, with brownish plumes created by pyroclastic density currents (#PDC) reaching up to 500 meters."
#MayonVolcano

#Mayon ashfall blankets parts of Albay
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1796845/mayon-ashfall-blankets-parts-of-albaymayon-ashfall-blankets-parts-of-albay?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct

#ALBAY, #Philippines – Hundreds of families from areas outside the six-kilometer danger zone of #MayonVolcano began leaving evacuation camps barely a week after Albay Governor Edcel Greco “Grex” Lagman ordered their decampment.

But they left the camps without being compelled as local officials met on Wednesday, June 21, and agreed to make the decampment voluntary.

Thousands of Albay evacuees leave camps even as Lagman eases order
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/evacuees-albay-leave-camps-even-governor-lagman-eases-order/

"#ALBAY, #Philippines – A town mayor on Tuesday, June 20, defied Governor Edcel Greco “Grex” Lagman’s order to send home over 8,000 people who had evacuated to safer grounds because their homes were outside the six-kilometer radius danger zone of the active #MayonVolcano." #Mayon

Mayor defies Albay governor’s order to send thousands of evacuees home
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/guinobatan-albay-garcia-defies-albay-governor-lagman-order-send-evacuees-home-june-2023/

Mayon Volcano in Albay continued to show intensified and magmatic unrest in the past 24 hours, with 265 rockfall events and very slow lava flow, among others, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Monday.

#Philippines #Filipino #Mayon #Albay #Volcano

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/873328/mayon-volcano-has-had-265-rockfall-events-very-slow-lava-flow/story/

#MayonVolcano is starting to look like Mount Doom 😞

"In its bulletin issued on Saturday, state volcanologists said the effusion of lava was observed from Mayon’s summit crater, feeding lava flows and collapse debris on the Mi-si and Bonga gullies." #Philippines #Albay #Mayon #Volcanoes

Alert Level 3 still up: Mayon Volcano continues to emit lava, sulfur dioxide
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1789531/alert-level-3-still-up-mayon-volcano-continues-to-emit-lava-sulfur-dioxide?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct

"All population inside the seven-kilometer extended danger zone is placed under PREPAREDNESS STATUS — meaning, evacuation will be executed anytime and should bring with their necessities in the evacuation center,” #Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said in an order signed by Albay Governor Edcel Greco Lagman. #MayonVolcano

#Mayon’s danger zone extended to 7-kilometer radius
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1787128/mayons-danger-zone-extended-to-7-kilometer-radius

"Forced evacuation began on Friday according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (#DSWD), after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) raised Alert Level 3 over #Mayon." #MayonVolcano #Philippines

Over 7,000 persons evacuated in #Albay amid Mayon unrest — DSWD
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1781983/over-7000-persons-evacuated-in-albay-amid-mayon-unrest-dswd?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct

"In #LegazpiCity, the provincial government of #Albay ordered the mandatory evacuation of more than 18,000 residents inside the permanent danger zone...the evacuation in the towns of #Daraga, #Malilipot, and #Camalig, and the cities of #Ligao and #Tabaco would start on Friday morning. #Philippines #MayonVolcano

‘Hazardous’ Mayon eruption looms; locals told to leave
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1781451/hazardous-mayon-eruption-looms-locals-told-to-leave?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct

"#Mayon is exhibiting magmatic eruption of a summit lava dome, with increased chances of lava flows and hazardous PDCs (pyroclastic density currents) affecting the upper to middle slopes of the volcano and of potential explosive activity within weeks or even days,” warned the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) in a bulletin on Thursday." #MayonVolcano

#Albay’s Mayon Volcano placed under Alert Level 3
https://www.rappler.com/nation/luzon/phivolcs-mayon-volcano-update-alert-level-bulletin-june-8-2023-12pm/

November means it's time for the annual Pista ni Ben Hur, I mean, Pista ng Mapa!

I should give a prize to the first person who attends all my presentations. 🤔 😂 🤔

See you soon, Albay!

#pistangmapa #stateofthemapasia #pnm #sotma #albay #homecoming #foss4g #openstreetmap #gischat