Superheated gas and volcanic debris roared down three gullies on Mayon Volcano in late May 2026, smothering at least 87 villages across Albay province under heavy ash and forcing thousands of ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) logged fresh occurrences of lava effusion with collapse-fed ...

State volcanologists observed the occurrence of lava effusion with collapse-fed pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) at Mayon Volcano, which marked its 140th day of effusive eruption on Monday night, ...

The superheated avalanche tore down Mayon Volcano’s southeastern flank in minutes, traveling 5.08 kilometers from the summit ...

MANILA, Philippines — Mayon Volcano in Albay remained under Alert Level 3 as it recorded a total of 162 rockfall events, 50 pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), and one volcanic earthquake over the ...

AS the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) assesses a possible extension of the permanent danger zone around Mayon Volcano, where ...

Learning how these hard-to-predict and hard-to-escape currents work is paramount to protecting the communities that live in their potential paths. For instance, many pyroclastic density currents ...

(Photos courtesy of Camalig, Albay Mayor Caloy Baldo / Facebook) MANILA, Philippines — Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) at ...

Ashfall blanketed multiple areas in Albay on Saturday after a pyroclastic density current (PDC) descended from Mayon Volcano’s Mi‑isi Gully on the ...

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are high-energy, ground-hugging flows of hot gas and fragmented volcanic material that pose one of the greatest lethal volcanic hazards. Their dynamics are governed ...

MANILA: The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has released a map showing areas covered by ash deposits from a reported pyroclastic density current at Mayon Volcano on Saturday (May 2). Based on its ...