More than 3,500 people in Albay have been affected by renewed unrest by Mayon Volcano, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 7. In a situational report, the NDRRMC said a total of 964 families or 3,515 persons were affected in five Albay...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday, January 6, raised Mayon Volcano’s alert status from Level 2 to Alert Level 3, signaling an increased likelihood of a hazardous eruption. In an advisory, Phivolcs said that since the volcano’s alert was elevated to...
Mayon Volcano continues to show signs of increased unrest, with 85 rockfall events recorded in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Tuesday, January 6. Phivolcs said the latest incandescent rockfall from the summit lava dome occurred at 10:46...
Two phreatic eruptions, both lasting two minutes, transpired at Taal Volcano on early Thursday morning, Dec. 4, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The agency said the eruptions occurred at the Taal main crater at 12:58 a.m., and 1:04 a.m. “These events...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday, Nov. 23, reported a brief phreatomagmatic eruption at the Main Crater of Taal Volcano, which produced a grayish plume that rose around 750 meters. Phivolcs said the activity occurred from 9:48 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., based on...
Taal Volcano produced a brief phreatomagmatic burst on Wednesday morning, Nov. 12, sending grayish plumes above the Main Crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The three-minute event, from 6:51 a.m. to 6:54 a.m., generated plumes that rose up to 2,800 meters...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it has maintained Alert Level 1 (low-level unrest) over Taal Volcano even after a series of short-lived eruptions were recorded over the weekend. Four minor eruptions, which include three phreatomagmatic bursts and one phreatic...
Taal Volcano in Batangas had a series of minor eruptions on Sunday, Oct. 26, with one phreatic and two phreatomagmatic explosions recorded at its Main Crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the phreatic eruption occurred at 2:55 a.m., followed...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) confirmed on Saturday, October 25, that Kanlaon Volcano recorded three ash emission events at its summit crater. Based on time-lapse footage from the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in Canlaon City, Phivolcs said the ash emissions...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Canlaon in Negros Oriental is on full alert, assuring residents of its readiness, following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday night, Oct. 24. “We are on top of the situation," Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas said in a statement. As immediate response,...
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)...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a minor explosive eruption at the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday evening, Oct. 24. Based on a time-lapse footage from 8:05 p.m. to 8:08 p.m., the eruption produced a plume that rose about 2,000 meters above the...
