Mayon bulging as magma acts up

LEGAZPI CITY: Restive Mount Mayon may appear quiet for now but Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) scientists warned the public and local officials not to be complacent as it is continuously bulging meaning that the magma beneath the volcano is intruding towards the crater.

Mariton Bornas, Phivolcs volcano monitoring eruption prediction division chief of, said Mayon has been continuously inflating for the past few months now and is actively degassing and emitting sulphur dioxide.