Mayon in the Philippines hasn’t erupted since 2014, but it appears that it is waking up from its brief slumber. PHIVOLCS raised the alert status at Mayon to Level 3 (of 4) after a weekend of steam-driven (phreatic) eruptions and hundreds of earthquakes. This change in alert level came with a mandatory evacuation of people living within 6 kilometers of the volcano and 7 kilometers from the southern side because of the potential for rock falls and pyroclastic flows. Schools in the area have al