Overall Orange Volcanic eruption alert for Mayon in Philippines on 23 Jan 2018 15:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Volcanic eruption for Mayon

in Philippines

Event summary

Volcanic eruption Mayon is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Name:	Mayon
Lat/Lon:	13.255959 , 123.686027
Event Date:	23 Jan 2018 15:00 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:	4990000 people within 100km
Exposed Population 100km:	No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:
Population exposure index:
Inserted at:	24 Jan 2018 10:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.2 (PHL)

GDACS Score

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	GDACS alert color	Date	Eruption Details	Source
1		23 Jan 2018 15:00		VAAC

Exposed population

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Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

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