MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) may raise the alert level over Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island to 3 if its seismic activity worsens, its chief, Dr. Teresito 'Toto' Bacolcol, said on Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology may raise the alert level over Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island to 3 if its seismic activity worsens, its chief, Dr. Teresito 'Toto' Bacolcol, said on Tuesday.Saying there is still no need for mass evacuation, Bacolcol, however, said that the concerned local government units must make sure that the four-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone around the volcano was strictly off-limits to the public.
'It said that the 'eruption produced a voluminous and incandescent plume that rapidly rose to 5,000 meters above the vent and probable short pyroclastic density currents approximately two to three kilometers down the southern and southeastern slopes.'The eruption was preceded by a relatively strong volcano-tectonic earthquake, the report said.Asked what kind of eruption that took occurred over the Negros volcano, Bacolcol said the agency has yet to find it out.
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