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An explosive eruption occurs at the summit vent of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8, 2025, producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall that is drifting southwest. Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) descended the slopes on the general southern edifice based on IP and thermal camera...

Kanlaon Volcano’s explosive eruption on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9 (Photo courtesy of Phivolcs) Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Teresito Bacolcol warned that Kanlaon Volcano remains at high risk for another eruption following its “explosive” activity on...

By ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZ The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday, July 16 commenced a three-year collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to enhance the country’s capabilities in geohazards monitoring and information dissemination....

Screenshot of the time-lapse IP camera footage from 6:51 p.m. to 6:57 p.m. of the explosive eruption at the Kanlaon Volcano summit crater, taken by the Canlaon City (VKCC) observation station on June 3, 2024. The plume can be seen rising 5,000 meters above the vent. (Phivolcs/Facebook) Following an...