Albay villages brace for lahar flow

LEGAZPI CITY: The Albay Public Safety Emergency and Management Office (Apsemo) is bracing for the onslaught of lahar in low lying areas of Guinobatan town because of the continuous heavy downpour in the province this week.

“Lahar might re-mobilize in Guinobatan. Millions of tons of cubic meters (of volcanic debris) have been observed and threatened to re-mobilize in case of heavy rainfall here,” said Apsemo chief Cedric Daep at the disaster risk reduction climate change adaptation on tourism and biodiversity media workshop in Legazpi City.