Albay to send remaining Mayon evacuees home
Following the lowering of Mayon Volcanoâs alert level in Albay province, Governor Joey Salceda on Wednesday gave the go-signal for the 2,000 remaining evacuees to return to their homes. "The PDCC-Albay hereby orders the full decampment of evacuees from Anoling, Camalig, and Bañadero, Daraga effective today," Salceda, concurrent chair of Albayâs Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC), said in an emailed statement. Earlier in the day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lowered Mayonâs alert status from Level 3 to 2 after noting the further decline in the overall activity of Mayon, the countryâs most active volcano. [See: Phivolcs lowers Mayon alert level to 2] The Phivolcs raised the alert status to Level 3 last December 14, and to Level 4 last December 20. But after a lull in volcanic activity, state volcanologists lowered the status to Level 3 last January 2. The lowering of the status prompted the decampment of about 96 percent of the evacuees, or about 45,000 of the 47,000 displaced residents.