Philippine Volcano spews heavy ash; Metro Manila in crisis

'Hazardous' Taal Volcano eruption possible 'within hours to days'
(3rd UPDATE) Phivolcs raises Alert Level 4 for the Taal Volcano in Batangas on Sunday evening, January 12, warning that a 'hazardous' eruption is 'imminent'.

State volcanologists raised Alert Level 4 for the Taal Volcano in Batangas on Sunday evening, January 12, warning that a "hazardous" eruption may occur "within hours to days."

In a bulletin issued 7:30 pm on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Alert Level 4 means a "hazardous" eruption is "imminent."

"As of 5:30 pm, eruptive activity at Taal Volcano main crater intensified as continuous eruption generated a tall 10-15 kilometer steam-laden tephra column with frequent volcanic lightning that rained wet ashfall on the general north as far as Quezon City," Phivolcs said.

"Volcanic tremor [has been] recorded continuously since 11 am and two volcanic earthquakes of magnitudes 2.5 and 3.9 were felt at Intensity III in Tagaytay City and Alitagtag, Batangas...recorded at 6:15 and 6:22 pm, respectively," added the agency.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/249103-taal-volcano-phreatic-explosion-january-12-2020

 

This doesn't even look real.

 

RIP in peace to the Philippinians.

 

Friction from the rising material in the ash column produces some wonderful effects.

I love volcanoes but hope everyone stays safe.

 

Saw that volcano when I went to the Philippines, there was a McDonald’s with a good view.

 

Cars here in Manila currently look like this due to ashfall

 

Must be really scary to live beside a Volcano and knowing it may erupt sometime soon or in the future. It's like living beside a nuclear bomb and just waiting for it to explode.

I guess you don't care until it starts happening.

 

Duterte made homophobic remarks towards that volcano.

 

That’s badass

 

Looks a little like Homer

 

This one looks like Mufasa.

 

The pictures are really nice. It's amazing how violent nature is. Ash here has started to fall like crazy and classes have been suspended.

 

Prayers for them all. That's some scary stuff.

 

I was in Tagaytay 5 years ago. I visited a really pretty area. Ate at a restaurant with a view down on a huge mountain lake. Hope the quakes and ash don’t cause too much damage.

 

so it spewed it's junk all over the place

 

She got a light skin friend look like Michael Jackson
She got a dark skin friend look like Michael Jackson
I play ready for the world she is ready for some action
My dog said u aint a freak so u gotta prove my man wrong

 

if you told me that was a picture of the Jupiter sky I would have believed you. Our time left is very limited here on Earth

 

Terrifying