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 ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Monday that Mayon Volcano’s effusive eruption has ...

Alert Level 3 was raised over Mayon Volcano in Albay due to a “high level” of unrest, with pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) recorded. But what exactly are PDCs? The Philippine Institute of ...

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 ...

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 ...

VOLCANIC activities at Mayon Volcano may last for months as it continues to spew molten lava and pyroclastic density currents (PDC) or uson, a government volcanologist said. Ma. Antonia Bornas, chief ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday warned of increased volcanic hazards at Mayon Volcano following recent observations of lava flows.  Paul Karson Alanis, the ...

Mayon Volcano on Tuesday night continued to shed incandescent pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) and rockfalls amid the 28th ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on January 6 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 after it showed an onset of dome collapse ...

MANILA, Philippines — Mayon Volcano remains at Alert Level 3 after effusive eruptions have been monitored for 23 consecutive ...