Director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) CNN Philippines.
During the day, ash and stones flew 199 times from the volcano’s crater, and there were also six eruptions of lava, a mixture of volcanic particles, hot gases and ash. The 2,462-meter-high volcano is located in the Bicol region, southeast of the main island of Luzon, near the city of Legazpi. Against the backdrop of increased volcanic activity, a third level of danger has been declared due to the “increased probability of dangerous eruptions”. If the danger level is increased to the fourth level, the explosion will be considered imminent. A state of emergency was declared in the province of Albay.
Colonel Governor Edsel Lagman said that preventive evacuation was carried out in the region and that 3,000 people living in the closest areas to the volcano have already been transferred to safe places. Another 10,000 people are expected to be evacuated from the regions of Legaspi, Tabaco, Ligao, Santo Domingo, Malilipot, Bakakay and Daraga. If the order is given to evacuate the entire population within a radius of seven kilometers, another six thousand will be removed. For the deported population, the country’s Ministry of Social Welfare and Development has allocated more than 100,000 family food packages.
in the country in 2020 dead The eruption of a large Taal volcano, from which residents of three cities must be evacuated.
Source: Gazeta
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