Volcano Erupts in the Philippines

[Loopy]

Articles says more than 6,000 evacuated. 🥺
 

Our poor brothers and sisters everywhere just cannot catch a break. 
 

https://ktla.com/2020/01/12/volcano-erupts-near-manila-villagers-flee-airports-shuts-down/

 

A small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila’s international airport to shut down.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Taal Volcano in Batangas province south of Manila blasted steam, ash and pebbles up to 10 to 15 kilometers (6 to 9 miles) into the sky in a dramatic escalation of its growing restiveness, which began last year.

 

The volcanology institute raised the danger level around Taal three notches on Sunday to level 4, indicating “a hazardous eruption may happen within hours or days,” said Renato Solidum, who heads the volcanology institute. Level 5, the highest, means a hazardous eruption is underway and could affect a larger area.

 

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, but authorities scrambled to evacuate more than 6,000 villagers from an island in the middle of a lake, where the volcano lies, and tens of thousands more from nearby coastal towns, officials said. About 300,000 people were targeted to be moved to safety in Batangas overnight and in the next few days.

[Friends just call me Ross]

There was a notice on my phone this morning, but I had never heard of this volcano before so I dismissed it.  

Here is what the app has to say about the eruption.

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The Weather Chanel's animation shows the scope of the eruption:

 

https://images.app.goo.gl/WAV11NfZbzpdK2LE7

 

When it's not exploding,

 

 

Taal Volcano is actually quite lovely.  

 

 

Taal Lake has a crater in its crater:

 

 

 

 

 

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We all know what a wonderful idea it is to trek up to the rim of a volcano:  

 

 

 

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Today's update:

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Sister Shey texted this video to me.

[ray]

I'm around the area of the ashfall, and face masks are currently scarce in the city because of people panicking. Went home with my meeting clothes having ash residues.

[Lee49]

 

'There is nothing to return to': 30,000 flee lava-gushing Taal volcano in Philippines

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/13/30000-flee-lava-gushing-volcano-in-philippines/4452317002/

 

beautiful videos above, being in the "ring of fire" would not be where I would like to live at this time though!

[BenJepthah]

This volcano is one of three to erupt in the last week or so . There is also an eruption just outside of Mexico City of some concern .  These volcanoes being close to large populations makes them particularly dangerous. 

[Loopy]

The eruption has caused more than 18,000 people in a 9-mile radius of Batangas province, located about 55 miles south of Manila, to take shelter in evacuation centers.
 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/ash-streams-lava-spews-vivid-images-taal-volcano/story?id=68254071&cid=clicksource_4380645_13_post_hero_bsq_hed&fbclid=IwAR0SKOExqwBXp8YoX4UohGG4cm4M5rjI5zBnqHMbEC7V-5YZTLLNmu765-I

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Today's app update shows Taal is still ramping up with new vents and fissures forming.  

 

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Report for Monday, January 20, 2020

 

Taal is still restless.