PHIVOLCS raises alert level 3 over Taal volcano; recommends evacuation of residents from “high-risk” areas
PHIVOLCS raises alert level 3 over Taal volcano; recommends evacuation of residents from “high-risk” areas
(Eagle News) — Taal volcano is now under alert level 3 after a “short-lived dark phreatomagmatic plume” rose one kilometer high on Thursday, July 1. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, there was no accompanying volcanic earthquake to the plume, which signifies “magmatic intrusion at the main crater that may further drive succeeding eruptions.” PHIVOLCS recommended the evacuation of residents from Taal Volcano Island and from barangays Agoncillo and Laurel in Batangas […]