LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Heavy rains triggered lahar flow from Mount Mayon and caused flooding in several towns in Albay province during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) on Sunday, November 9. In Guinobatan town, the volcanic deposits along the slopes of Mayon Volcano were mobilized by the heavy rains, causing lahar flow in the villages of Masarawag. Joy Maravillas, head of the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDRRMO), said the residents of Masarawag were already evacuated to schools in another village before the lahar flow. A railway in the villages of Maipon and […]... Keep on reading: Lahar flow, flooding hit Albay towns as Uwan rages