Over 3,000 families in Marikina City have been evacuated to designated camps as of Saturday (July 24) after the second alarm was raised when Marikina River’s water level reached 16 meters, according to the Marikina Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO). (Photo courtesy of Marvin...
After Marikina River’s water level has reached 16 meters, second alarm was raised at 1:40 a.m. on Saturday (July 24). (Photo courtesy of Marvin Escueta Doles/Marikina Filipino-Chinese Fire Brigade Volunteers) Marikina City Public Information Office (PIO) said that all eight gates of Manggahan...
First alarm was raised after Marikina River’s water level reached 15 meters at 12:07 a.m., Saturday (July 24), Marikina City Rescue 161 said. (Photo courtesy of Marikina Rescue 161) Sirens rang to alert residents that the water level of the river has already reached 15 meters, telling them that...
TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday evening, July 23, lowered Taal Volcano's status to Alert Level 2 after it showed "a cessation of eruptive activity." Taal Volcano had a phreatomagmatic eruption on July 1 prompting...
A Filipino in Myanmar has succumbed to the coronavirus disease as the COVID-19 situation there is “nearing catastrophic proportion,” the country's envoy to Myanmar said on Tuesday, July 20. Philippine Ambassador to Myanmar Eduardo Kapunan Jr. also noted there are eight more Filipinos who have...
Taal Volcano in Batangas continues to emit high levels of sulfur dioxide in the past 24-hour period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Phivolcs said sulfur dioxide emission averaged 3,755 tonnes per day on July 14, while steam-rich...
A white steam-laden plume was seen billowing out of Taal Volcano on July 4, 2021. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) A series of phreatomagmatic bursts once again occurred at Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday,...
The Taal Volcano in Batangas produced another phreatomagmatic burst on Thursday, July 8, which generated a “grayish” plume that reached 200-meters high, state volcanologists said. Taal Volcano produces a phreatomagmatic burst at 6:47 a.m., July 8, which generated a ‘grayish’ 200-meter...
Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from Phivolcs) July 7 Almost a week after its phreatomagmatic eruption, Taal Volcano had a series of phreatomagmatic bursts that occurred at 8:47 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 9:26 a.m., and 11:56 a.m. Taal Volcano...
White steam plume over Taal Volcano as seen from Agoncillo, Batangas on Monday, morning, July 5, 2021. Taal Volcano remains on Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest) following a phreatomagmatic eruption last July 1, 2021. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Taal Volcano had a series of "weak"...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded Taal Volcano’s highest level of sulfur dioxide emission on Sunday, July 4. TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN / ALI VICOY) Phivolcs Director Undersecretary Renato Solidom Jr. said the restive volcano released 22,628 tonnes per...
White smoke billowing out of Taal Volcano in Batangas on July 4, 2021 (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Taal Volcano's sulfur dioxide (SO2) has surged to a new high on Sunday, July 4, at 22,628 tonnes, exceeding the previous high of 14,699 tonnes on Saturday, July 3. The Philippine Institute of...
