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MANILA, Philippines — Mount Kanlaon remained under Alert Level 2 on Friday, as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported continued signs of unrest following yesterday’s moderately explosive eruption.Phivolcs recorded 10 volcanic earthquakes and two episodes of tremor, while sulfur dioxide emissions averaged 346 tonnes per day and ground deformation showed that the

MANILA, Philippines—Mayon Volcano spewed ash again on Monday, February 9, affecting several villages in the towns of Camalig and Guinobatan in Albay.Teresito Bacolcol, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director, said the volcano started producing large pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) at 10:35 a.m. Phivolcs said PDCs are mixtures of fragmented volcanic particles (pyroclastics...