The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recommended the evacuation in some areas in Batangas after Taal Volcano has been placed under Alert Level 3 on Thursday, July 1. Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from...
Mass evacuations of more than 14,000 residents are currently being conducted in high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel towns of Batangas after Taal Volcano spewed a kilometer-high phreatomagmatic plume and was eventually placed under Alert Level 3 which means magmatic intrusion at the main...
All operating units of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station Batangas were placed on full alert status after Alert Level 3 was raised over the Taal Volcano on Thursday, July 1. PCG Commodore Tito Andal, commander of Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog, has placed all personnel and assets of...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the alert status over Taal Volcano to Alert Level 3 after it generated a kilometer-high phreatomagmatic plume on Thursday, July 1. Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021....
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TAAL VOLCANO (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Volcanic smog or "vog" has been observed over Taal Volcano's caldera brought about by the high levels of sulfur dioxide gas emissions from the restive volcano in Batangas, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Monday,...
A fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Pio del Pilar, Makati on Friday afternoon (June 25), affecting some 50 families, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. (TXTFIRE PHILIPPINES Facebook page) The fire started at an old two-story house on Washington Street at 1:39 p.m. It reached...
TAAL VOLCANO (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) continued to observe "increased unrest" at Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours. In a volcano bulletin issued on Tuesday, June 22, Phivolcs detected 24 volcanic tremor events having durations of...
TAAL VOLCANO (PNA FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has continued to detect high levels of sulfur dioxide from Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours. In its bulletin issued on Sunday, June 20, Phivolcs said Taal Volcano's sulfur dioxide emission averaged...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) continues to measure significant level of sulfur dioxide emission over Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours. In its volcano bulletin issued Thursday, June 17, Phivolcs said that sulfur dioxide emission of Taal Volcano averaged 4,034...
TAAL VOLCANO (PNA FILE PHOTO) Taal Volcano in Batangas remains under Alert Level 2 as it sustained its "increased unrest," the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Wednesday, June 16. The restive volcano had only one volcanic earthquake in the past 24 hours, but a...
TAAL VOLCANO (FILE PHOTO / PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, June 14, continued to detect magmatic unrest occurring at shallow depths beneath the edifice of Taal Volcano in Batangas. Phivolcs recorded 13 volcanic tremor events having...
