Sunday afternoon local time, Taal Volcano, an active volcano about 31 miles from Manila, had a “phreatic eruption” and spewed a large volume of ashes into the sky. Eruptive activity continued and alert level 4 was raised (hazardous explosive eruption possible in hours or days).
The ashfall reached the city and many people woke up with ash on the streets.
Taal Volcano is a popular tourist spot, and I posted some photos of the volcano and talked about my trek to its crater here.
Hope it quiets down. It is best admired quiet, up close or from a distance.
I heard about this volcano on the news tonight ( Jan 12 2020) I hope it will not be a big eruption coming.
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I hope so too! Thanks Anne!
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Oh my! 😮 Volcanoes are my biggest fear, I think. It started in the childhood looking at the photos of Mt. St. Helen. I hope nothing bad happens where you are.
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Thank you for your concern. We’re still watching as activity is going on and the alert level 4 is still up. People in surrounding areas are being evacuated.I really hope it quiets down…
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Hope you and your family is safe.
Regard, Teresa
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Thank you, Teresa.
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I hope that everyone stays safe!
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Thanks, Amy. That’s what we all are hoping for.
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Read about this online. Hope things have settled. Can be quite scary. 😦
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There seems to be a lull… but alert level 4 still up. Thanks for your note.
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