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KANLAON Volcano in Negros Island early Tuesday morning (April 8, 2025) had an explosive eruption, the <\/strong>Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)<\/strong> said.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol said the eruption started at 5:51 a.m. and lasted at 6:47 a.m..<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The eruption produced a \u201cvoluminous\u201d plume 4,000 meters or 4 kilometers tall that drifted southwest.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bacolcol said the eruption was similar to the December 9 explosion.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe eruption today is c<\/strong>omparable to the December 9 eruption. Bago pumutok, bumaba ang sulfur dioxide emission. Bumaba and number of earthquakes. Nagsasaad na may pressure na naipon sa ilalim ng bulkan, kalaunan sumabog,\u201d Bacolcol said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pyroclastic density currents were observed descending from the southern flank of the volcano, Phivols said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Bacolcol, alert level 3 remains over Kanlaon.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cRight now, we are maintaining alert level 3. Wala siyang lava na inilalabas. Ang inilalabas niya ay abo at steam at pyroclastic density current, mga magkakahalong abo, bato at gases na bumababa sa dalisdis ng bulkan,\u201d he told a radio interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bacolcol said the explosive eruption could have been caused by blocked conduits, causing overpressurization.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said a higher alert level may be hoisted if the volcano\u2019s condition worsens.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Authorities have ordered the suspension of classes in the affected areas, including the barangays of Ara-al, Yubo, San Miguel and Haguimit in La Carlota City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Affected residents were urged to wear facemasks to prevent respiratory ailments caused by the ash fall.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAll local government units in Panay, especially those in coastal areas facing Negros Island are advised to remain on high alert for possible ashfall,\u201d the Office of Civil Defense Western Visayas said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public were also advised to evacuate the six-kilometer radius danger zone and reiterated that no individuals should remain within the four-kilometer radius permanent danger zone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Bacolcol said Taal Volcano in Batangas and Mayon Volcano in Albay remain under alert level 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KANLAON Volcano in Negros Island early Tuesday morning (April 8, 2025) had an explosive eruption, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13050,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046\/revisions\/13050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}