Philippines' most active volcano spews ash, remains at 'moderate level of unrest'

Pyroclastic materials cascade down the slopes of Mayon volcano. - Filepic/AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

MANILA (Bernama): The Philippines' most active volcano, Mount Mayon, spewed greyish white ash plumes that rose 500 to 600m above the crater Thursday (Dec 27) morning, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a Philippine volcanologist.

Eduardo Laguerta, a resident volcanologist at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), Albay province of northern Philippines, told Xinhua that the phreatic eruptions or steam-driven explosions occurred at 8.17am and 8.28am local time, adding that no major eruption is expected.