GUINOBATAN, Albay — After an entire weekend without ash fall, this town was covered in ash again after Mayon Volcano erupted at around 8:16 p.m. Monday. Mariton Bornas, chief of Phivolcs’ Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division, said that there was active lava flow on the southeast side of the volcano. ADVERTISEMENT“Mayon Volcano is heavily clouded and the ash may be from [pyroclastic density currents] or just small lava fountains,” Bornas said. What we are sure is right now, there is active lava flow on the Bonga Gully towards the southeast.”Rommel Negrete, Camalig Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer, said that light ash fall was also recorded in their town. Over the weekend, there was no ash fall in Guinobatan due to heavy rains brought by the tail-end of a cold front.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 29, 2018 15:04 UTC