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The Bicol Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has activated a red alert in response to increased activity at Mayon Volcano, coordinating evacuations within the six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone. Key agencies, including the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Health, have been assigned specific roles for disaster response, while Albay Governor Noel Rosal has suspended classes in the affected areas and implemented security measures. The DSWD has begun distributing food assistance to displaced families.