PARTLY FALSE: Mayon Volcano status 'raised' to Alert Level 2

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Mayon Volcano has been under Alert Level 2 since March 2018

phreatic or steam-blast eruptionOne Facebook page, Choose Quezon, posted a graphic with Mayon's alert status on Monday, January 13, accompanied by the text caption,"Yesterday, it was Taal Volcano. Today, Mayon Volcano. Alert Level 2 now raised over Mayon Volcano due to its persisting unrest.It then linked to a bulletin posted on the website of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology .

Choose Quezon's post has been shared at least 336 times, liked 15 times, and commented on 18 times as of this writing. Some Facebook pages like Ang Tubong Meycauayan also linked to or copy-pasted an Abante TNT article with the headline,"" . However, the article and Abante TNT's homepage are inaccessible as of this writing.

Readers sent these posts to Rappler for verification. Some similar claims were also picked up by Facebook's Claim Check dashboard.Mayon Volcano has been on Alert Level 2 since March 29, 2018, and this has remained unchanged, even after Taal spewed ash on Sunday, January 12.," said Mariton Bornas, head of the Volcano Monitoring & Eruption Prediction Division of Phivolcs.

 

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