VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral video of lava flow from Iceland volcano, NOT Mayon
An old clip of a volcanic eruption in Iceland was posted as a Facebook reel and passed off as lava flows from Mayon Volcano in Albay.
An old clip of a volcanic eruption in Iceland was posted as a Facebook reel and passed off as lava flows from Mayon Volcano in Albay.
Yet another 2018 video of Mayon Volcano, this time spouting lava and an ash plume, is circulating among netizens with the claim it is recent. Not true.
A Facebook page uploaded a five-year-old video of Mayon Volcano spraying fountains of lava, and claimed this shows a recent event. This is wrong.
There have also been no news bulletins from Phivolcs about any alarming volcanic activity in Mayon.
This is not a recent development.
The volcanic rumblings could be heard as far as Daraga and Ligao City making residents nervous even as dogs howled in the dead of night.
While the volcano showed signs of re-awakening weeks earlier with intermittent quakes and harmless active lava flow, Albayanos did not expect a spectacular show Monday noon.
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