Rock shower portends eruption of Mayon
May 17, 2001 | 12:00am
Mayon Volcano lit up the night sky before dawn yesterday with a fiery rock shower that portends a possible eruption within weeks, government seismologists said.
Residents of surrounding villages have been warned to be prepared to move out on a moment’s notice, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a statement.
"Incandescent lava fragments were seen detaching from the summit dome at 10:04 p.m. (Tuesday) night and between 1:17 a.m. and 2:33 a.m. (yesterday)," the bulletin said.
"Parts of the dome were seen to glow at Intensity 2 as the detaching lava fragments exposed the hot lava dome interior," it added.
Volcanic quakes accompanied the fiery display.  Felix de los Santos
Residents of surrounding villages have been warned to be prepared to move out on a moment’s notice, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a statement.
"Incandescent lava fragments were seen detaching from the summit dome at 10:04 p.m. (Tuesday) night and between 1:17 a.m. and 2:33 a.m. (yesterday)," the bulletin said.
"Parts of the dome were seen to glow at Intensity 2 as the detaching lava fragments exposed the hot lava dome interior," it added.
Volcanic quakes accompanied the fiery display.  Felix de los Santos
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