The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Thursday, April 3 that Kanlaon Volcano released multiple ash plumes at 2:02 a.m., 6:01 a.m., 7:08 a.m., and 8:30 a.m.
The ash clouds rose 200 to 400 meters above the summit crater before drifting southwest to west-southwest, as monitored by thermal cameras at the Lower Masulog (VKLM) observation station and IP cameras in Canlaon City and Barangay Mansalanao in La Castellana town, both in Negros Occidental.
Phivolcs said the emissions lasted between 17 and 85 minutes.
Kanlaon Volcano remains at Alert Level 3, as of Thursday, indicating ongoing magmatic unrest.
Phivolcs advised communities within the six-kilometer radius of the summit crater to remain in evacuation centers due to the risks of pyroclastic density currents, ballistic projectiles, ashfall, lava flows, rockfalls, and other associated hazards.