Mayon Volcano, a top tourist destination in the Philippines, has caused panic and forced evacuations in the local communities as its volcanic activity spiked last week. Nearly 15,000 people have been evacuated from the mostly poor farming communities within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon’s crater in northeastern Albay province, as red-hot lava flows down its crater and sporadic blasts of ash are seen. Albay’s governor has extended the danger zone by a kilometer (more than half a mile) and has advised thousands of residents to be ready to move anytime. Despite the mandatory evacuation order, many have already fled from the extended danger zone. An ash plume that shot up to 328 feet (100 meters) at dawn on Tuesday drifted southeastward with the wind toward some villages. Mayon, which is the most active of 24 known volcanoes in the archipelago, had its last violent eruption in 2018, displacing tens of thousands. The latest volcanic activity has further tested the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who took office last year and inherited an economy that was shattered by the two-year-long coronavirus pandemic, which also worsened poverty and unemployment.
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