Tag: lahar

Torrent of volcanic mudflow hits Philippine village

MANILA, June 5, 2024 (AFP) – Heavy rain washed volcanic mud and debris through a village in the central Philippines on Wednesday, two days after a nearby volcano erupted. Mount Kanlaon on Negros island exploded Monday evening, sending a plume of ash, rocks and gases five kilometres (three miles) into the sky. Images posted on Facebook and verified by AFP on Wednesday show a torrent of grey mud and rocks, known as cold lava flow, […]

PHIVOLCS warns vs lahar, muddy streamflows at Taal, Mayon, Pinatubo

(Eagle News)–The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday said “Rolly” may generate volcanic sediment flows or lahar and muddy streamflows in Pinatubo, Taal and Mayon. In its lahar advisory, PHIVOLCS said this was due to the “current severe intensity and potentially high-volume rainfall” brought by the super typhoon, which has made its second landfall over Tiwi, Albay. PHIVOLCS said the lahar “can threaten communities downstream of the above channels with inundation, burial and […]

Lahar 25 years after Pinatubo’s wrath

(Eagle News) — This series of photos taken from Porac bridge by Resty Carlos show the serene beauty of nature, and the lahar-ravaged areas in Pampanga 25 years after the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991.