Mayon evacuees from extended danger zone given go-signal to return home
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MANILA, Philippines–Some Mayon evacuees may go home starting Tuesday, a report from the local disaster regional office in Albay said.
A report from the Albay Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said evacuees in 7-8 kilometers extended danger zone may go home starting Tuesday.
Those in the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone won’t be allowed to return home.
The decision to let some of the evacuees go home was because of the lull in the volcano’s activities in the past days, Albay’s public information office posted on Facebook.
However, state volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta said that despite the volcano’s decreased activities, the possibility of a dangerous eruption is still imminent.
“This is the reason why we cannot upgrade or downgrade Mayon’s current alert level 3 status,” he said.
He made it clear that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology may issue a special advisory or alert Level 4 advisory anytime.
About 12,000 families were evacuated in 49 evacuation centers in Albay.
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