| Bicol region is a region that is composed of six | | | | recorded upon the eruption of the Volcano. |
| provinces, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, | | | | In 2006, Mayon Volcano became active again |
| Masbate, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur. It | | | | after 13 years of rest. July 18, 2006 showed any |
| is located southeast of Luzon. Naga city is an | | | | signs of Mayon Volcano's activity by having a |
| independent component city found in Bicol Region | | | | number of rockfalls from the lava dome. Sulfur |
| and Legazpi is the region's political administration | | | | oxide has been increasingly emitted. In August |
| center. | | | | 2006, 40,000 people have been evacuated from |
| One of the best tourist and historical spots in | | | | an 8-km danger zone. The volcano could have the |
| Paradise Philippines: Found in Bicol is the Mayon | | | | possibility to explode, but by the gravitational pull |
| Volcano. It is found in the province of Albay. The | | | | from the full moon may counter the possibility. |
| volcano is almost perfectly-shaped cone, which | | | | Mayon Volcano became swollen and numerous |
| makes the volcano very beautiful. | | | | amount of volcanic earthquakes happened by that |
| There is a legend about Mount Mayon. The name | | | | time. But it became worse when Super typhoon |
| was taken from the man named Magayon, | | | | Reming came to the Philippines; it created massive |
| whose niece is a very beautiful Princess. Because | | | | mudslides of ashes from the volcano and rockfalls. |
| of his possessive attitude, no one could ever | | | | It killed hundreds of residents and majorly |
| answer his challenge to win the heart of the | | | | devastated the Padang Village. |
| princess. But one man has the bravery to win the | | | | Mayon Volcano has been majorly seen in |
| princess' heart. He passed through the royal | | | | postcards, images, books, and even in the |
| chamber's window, took the princess, and told the | | | | internet because of the beauty and semi-perfect |
| princess to elope with him. But Magayon, on the | | | | shape. News about its activity are still unknown, |
| other hand, was buried alive in a massive landslide. | | | | but the possibility of the Mayon Volcano to |
| Locals believed that Magayon's anger is the cause | | | | explode may happen any time. Mayon Volcano is |
| of Mount Mayon's explosion. | | | | also the reason why Bicol region became very |
| On the record, Paradise Philippines had its erupted | | | | famous and it is marked as the best place in Bicol. |
| more than 50 times in the previous 400 years. | | | | It is classified as a stratovolcano because it is tall |
| The volcano's first erupted in 1616. The latest lava | | | | and has periodic eruptions. It is compared to the |
| discharge happened in June of 2001. The most | | | | shape of Mount Fuji in Japan but Mayon Volcano is |
| devastating eruption happened in the first day of | | | | a little darker than the one in Japan. |
| February, 1814, which killed 1,200 people and | | | | Apparently, Mayon Volcano is one of the five |
| buried the town of Cagsawa, which is now | | | | major volcanoes in the Philippines, one is Taal |
| named, Daraga. Fire fragmented flows killed 77 | | | | Volcano in Cavite and Batangas, another one is |
| people in 1993, which is marked as Mayon's last | | | | Mount Pinatubo in Pampanga, then Mount Canlaon |
| eruption. Mayon volcano also erupted in 1984, but | | | | in Canlaon city, Negros, and Mount Ragang in |
| luckily for the villagers, there are no casualties | | | | Lanao Del Sur and Cotabato boundary. |