More areas around Mayon drying up

LEGAZPI CITY: More cities and towns around the restive Mount Mayon are suffering from severe water shortage and water resources are drying up, Willian Sabater, chief sanitary engineer of the Albay provincial health office, told The Manila Times.

Sabater said water resources were reported to be drying up in the towns of Guinobatan, Camalig, Daraga, Santo Domingo, Malilipot and the cities of Ligao, Tabaco and Legazpi, all located near the foot of Mayon volcano.