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Palace calls for vigilance as Taal Volcano spurts ash column

By: - Reporter /
/ 05:56 PM January 12, 2020

A phreatic explosion from the Taal volcano is seen from the town of Tagaytay in Cavite province, southwest of Manila, on January 12, 2020. (Photo by Bullit MARQUEZ / AFP)

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang called on residents near the vicinity of Taal Volcano to remain vigilant following the increasing volcanic activity on Sunday afternoon.

In a statement, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte had already given instructions to undertake measures necessary to take people within the perimeter of Taal to safer ground.

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“Concerned agencies of the national government are now working closely with the Provincial Government of Batangas to ensure the safety of the residents, including their evacuation,” Panelo said.

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“We advise the public to continue to remain vigilant,” he added.

Taal spouted a giant ash column after a phreatic explosion occurred in the volcano’s crater at around 1 p.m.

Phreatic eruption is a steam-driven episode that occurs when water beneath the ground or on the surface is heated by magma, lava, hot rocks, or new volcanic deposits.

READ: BREAKING: Taal volcano spews ash in phreatic eruption

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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has upgraded the Alert Status on Taal to Level 3, which means increasing the tendency towards an eruption.

READ: Alert Level 3 up for Taal volcano

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Phivolcs has already recommended that Taal Volcano Island and high-risk barangays in the towns of Agoncillo and Laurel in Batangas be evacuated, due to possible hazards of pyroclastic density currents and volcanic tsunami.

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