MANILA, Mar 26 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, raised the alert level for Taal volcano, near Manila, today, due to “increasing unrest.”
The institute raised the alert level for the volcano to 3, on a scale of 5, after the island volcano spewed plumes and logged earthquakes, around 7:22 a.m. local time today.
The institute said, the volcano in Batangas province, 66 kilometres south of Manila, “generated a short-lived phreatomagmatic burst, followed by a nearly continuous phreatomagmatic activity, that generated plumes 1,500 metres, accompanied by volcanic earthquakes.”
“Magmatic intrusion” at the main crater “may further drive more eruptions,” the institute warned. It urged the public to stay out of the volcano island, and warned airplanes to avoid flying over it.
Taal volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, last erupted in Jan, 2020, displacing nearly 380,000 villagers and destroying many farms, houses and roads in the province.– NNN-PNA
