THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the alert status to Alert Level 2 over Mayon Volcano in Bicol Region on Friday following its intensified restiveness due to the magmatic movement.

In its 4 p.m. advisory, Phivolcs noted that based on its ocular inspection during an aerial survey it conducted earlier today confirmed the presence of freshly extruded lava at the base of the summit lava dome.

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