An explosive eruption occurred at Negros Island’s Kanlaon Volcano early Tuesday morning, April 8.
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00:00Unexplosive eruption occurred at Negros Island's Kanlaon volcano early Tuesday morning, April 8.
00:06State volcanologist from FIVOC said the eruption began at 5.51 a.m. and lasted 56 minutes.
00:12The eruption produced a, quote, voluminous plume 4,000 meters or 4 kilometers tall that drifted
00:18southwest. The agency added pyroclastic density currents, or PDCs, descended the slopes on the
00:24general southern edifice. PDCs are hazardous mixes of hot volcanic gas, ash, and fragmented rock that
00:30travel down volcanic slopes at high speeds. Kanlaon volcano has been under Alert Level 3 since December
00:369, 2024, when an explosive eruption also occurred. La Castellana in Negros Occidental, hardest hit by
00:43previous eruptions, took swift action. Disaster teams distributed face masks to residents affected by
00:49ashfall, particularly in the barangays of Sagaang and Kabagnaan. Classes were suspended in the
00:54component cities of Bago and San Carlos as a precaution.