Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) has recorded the largest pyroclastic density current (PDC) since January, causing heavy ashfall that has affected 32 barangays in ...

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) represent some of the most formidable and complex volcanic phenomena, characterised by a turbulent mixture of solid particles and gases that surge down slopes at ...

Learning how these hard-to-predict and hard-to-escape currents work is paramount to protecting the communities that live in their potential paths. For instance, many pyroclastic density currents ...

MANILA, Philippines — Since showing increased activity earlier this year, Mayon Volcano generated its "largest" pyroclastic ...

Mayon Volcano in Albay generated the largest pyroclastic density current (PDC) or "uson" on Monday morning, according to the ...

A moderately explosive eruption occurred at the summit crater Thursday afternoon, according to PHIVOLCS, sending a plume 2,000 meters high before drifting southwest.

LEGAZPI CITY — A thick ashfall blanketed the towns of Camalig and Guinobatan after the Mayon Volcano ejected a pyroclastic ...

Thermal camera footage also released by PHIVOLCS showed pyroclastic density currents — fast-moving flows of hot gas and volcanic material — cascading down the southern slopes of the volcano. The ...

Mayon Volcano remained under Alert Level 3 on Monday, January 12, 2026, after state volcanologists recorded 133 rockfall events and 37 pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) over the past 24 hours. In ...

State volca­no­­lo­­gists raised the alert level of Mayon Volcano in Albay province on Luzon island to Alert Level 3, citing the “onset of dome collapse pyroclastic density current,” the Philippine ...