MANILA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 10th May, 2026) The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Saturday said over 1,000 hectares of crops were affected by the pyroclastic density current from the effusive eruption of Mayon Volcano.
In a statement, PhilSA said its satellite data showed that the affected area covered 1,039 hectares of rice and 191 hectares of other crops—covering a combined area roughly the size of Mandaluyong City.
“Physical Rice Areas, areas typically planted with rice during cropping season, were sourced from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice). Other Crop Areas were classified based on changing vegetation patterns in Sentinel-2 imagery from January to December 2024. Additionally, there are at least 158 km of roads within the Estimated Ash Deposit Extent (in red), based on a dataset of road networks,” PhilSA added.
