BACOLOD CITY – Ten barangays and five local government units in Negros Occidental experienced ashfall and reported sulfuric odor following a short-lived, moderately explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday night, Oct. 24. The Bago City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO)...
BACOLOD CITY – Three barangays in Bago City, Negros Occidental experienced light ashfall following an ash emission from Kanlaon Volcano shortly before noon on Monday, April 14. The Bago City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that it received a report that ash fell on Barangays...
La Carlota City, Negros Occidental Mayor Rex Jalandoon has reminded the public about the health risks posed by sulfur from ashfall from the Kanlaon Volcano eruption on Tuesday, April 8. A MAN applies sulfur on his skin from ashfall caused by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8. (Screengrab...
Ashfall was reported in areas near Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Occidental after an eruption on Tuesday morning, April 8. Netizens doing their morning chores posted photos and videos of the eruption shortly after the eruption. One video showed gray dust going up the air as a vehicle passed by a road...
Residents in Legazpi City, Albay were advised to wear N95 masks and other protective gears to keep themselves safe from the possible harmful effects of ashfall that was monitored due to the recent activities of Mayon Volcano. *Mayon Volcano (File photo) * Apple Armenia, administration officer of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - Traces of ash were reported in some areas around Mayon Volcano in Albay, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, June 8. NETIZEN Mark Masbate Manlangit posts a photo in his Facebook account of ashfall from Mayon Volcano in...
Following Bulusan Volcano’s eruption on Sunday, June 12, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has warned against the negative effects of fine ashfall on health of the public. (Photo taken from Philvolc’s Facebook page) “Fine ashfall can cause irritation and...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon had another phreatic eruption Sunday, June 12, and this time, more areas were affected, according to the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Bicol. Gremil Naz, OCD Bicol spokesperson, said that nine barangays in Juban, Sorsogon were affected by ashfall...
Fine ashfall can cause irritation and breathing problems, especially among the vulnerable population, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned on Sunday evening, June 5. Situation in Juban town after the phreatic eruption of Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5...
The Department of Health (DOH) urged the public, particularly those living near the Taal Volcano, to be vigilant and wear the necessary equipment in order to protect themselves against sulfur dioxide and ashfall. Thick smoke billows from Taal Volcano Saturday morning, March 26, 2022, as seen from...
• When the ashfall covered her neighborhood, she thought things would get better soon, and then the pandemic came • From a volunteer assisting evacuees from towns affected by Taal Volcano’s eruption, she moved to the medical frontlines where she worked as a radiologic technologist • In...
