Explosive Eruption of Mount Kanlaon Prompts Evacuation

The Kanlaon Volcano connected Negros Island successful the Philippines erupted connected Tuesday, April 8, accompanied by 14 volcanic earthquakes, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to contented a Level Three Alert.

Under a Level Three Alert, residents wrong a six-kilometer radius of the volcano’s acme are recommended to evacuate.

According PHIVOLCS, fume from the volcano reached heights of 4,000 meters and ashfall was expected astatine the adjacent cities of Barangays Cubay, San Miguel, and La Granja, and La Carlota.

“Residents were besides warned of imaginable hazards specified arsenic abrupt explosive eruption, lava flow, ash fall, rockfall, lahar during dense rains, and pyroclastic flow,” wrote Inquirer.net, citing PHIVOLCS. Credit: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology via Storyful