(Eagle News)–A short-lived phreatic event was monitored at Taal on Thursday, May 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the Main Crater Observation Station monitored the event at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, at 8:54 a.m. PHIVOLCS said the event lasted for three minutes and produced a 300-meter steam plume. In a separate advisory, PHIVOLCS said the ban on the entry into the Permanent Danger Zone should remain in place. […]
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Residents of four Northern Luzon areas ‘strongly advised’ to immediately move to higher ground or farther inland
(Eagle News)–Residents of four areas in the northern part of the Philippines were “strongly advised” on Wednesday, April 3, to immediately move to higher ground or farther inland following a strong earthquake in Taiwan. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said covered by the advisory were residents of the Batanes Group of Islands, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Isabela. In issuing the advisory, PHIVOLCS noted that the coastal areas in the Philippines fronting the Pacific […]





