Deadly lahars[edit]

The church tower is what remains of the Cagsawa Church, which was damaged by the 1814 eruption of Mayon.
It withstood the damage done by Typhoon Durian (Reming) in 2006.

On November 30, 2006, strong rainfall which accompanied Typhoon Durian produced lahars from
the volcanic ash and boulders of the last eruption killing at least 1,266 people. The precise figure may
never be known since many people were buried under the mudslides.[7] A large portion of the village
of Padang (an outer suburb of Legazpi City) was covered in mud up to the houses' roofs.[82][83] Students
from Aquinas University in Barangay Rawis, also in Legazpi, were among those killed as mudslides
engulfed their dormitory. Central Legazpi escaped the mudslide but suffered from severe flooding and
power cuts.
Parts of the town of Daraga were also devastated, including the Cagsawa area, where the ruins from
the eruption of 1814 were partially buried once again. Large areas of Guinobatan, Albay were
destroyed, particularly Barangay Maipon.
A similar post-eruption lahar occurred in October 1766, months after the July eruption of that year.
The heavy rainfall also accompanying a violent typhoon carried down disintegrated fragmental ejecta,
burying plantations and whole villages. In 1825, the event was repeated in Cagsawa killing 1,500
people.[84]