LGUs warned against allowing residents to return to volcanoes' danger zones

Phivolcs Director Teresito 'Toto' Bacolcol issued the statement in an interview with The Manila Times amid the decision of the Albay provincial government to allow the evacuees to return to their homes.Last Oct. 5, 2023, Albay Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman issued an advisory to all concerned municipal and city mayors ordering them for the 'decampment of their respective evacuees immediately.

'That is why, its alert status remains under Level 3 because its parameters have not shown steady decrease in numbers,' Bacolcol said.Under Level 3, Phivolcs said there is an increased tendency towards hazardous or explosive eruption.He stressed that Phivolcs would never recommend for the return of the residents inside Mayon's six-kilometer PDZ.

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