OCD Bicol holds Zumba classes for Mayon evacuees

Here's another effort by authorities in Bicol to keep evacuees from returning to their homes within the danger zone around restive Mayon Volcano: Zumba!

 

The Office of Civil Defense in Bicol is conducting zumba classes to keep the residents entertained and occupied, Albay Governor Jose Salceda said.

 

Salceda posted on his social media accounts a photo of OCD members leading residents in the zumba exercises.

 

Zumba is a dance fitness program that combines dance and aerobics.

 

The Albay provincial government has been trying to find ways to keep evacuees from returning to their homes in the danger zone.

 

More than 12,000 families have been evacuated from the danger zone which could extend up to eight kilometers from Mayon since the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert level there to "3."

 

An alert level of "3" means an eruption is possible within weeks. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News