Taal Volcano ashfall reaches Metro Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Ashfall brought about by the phreatic eruption of the Taal Volcano Sunday afternoon has now reached parts of Metro Manila.

In a video posted by Paulo Felicio Famini on Facebook, ash can be seen to have accumulated on the surface of a white car in Barangay Palanan in Makati City.

https://www.facebook.com/paulo.famini/videos/164977674759428/

The video, the uploader told INQUIRER.net, was taken at around 7:20 p.m.

Ashfall in Makati City. Photo courtesy of John Mercado Cesar

Parked cars in Marikina and Pasig City also collected ash.

https://twitter.com/GabrielLaluINQ/status/1216350704517799937?s=20

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised Alert Level 4 over Taal Volcano.

Alert Level 4 means that “hazardous explosive eruption is possible within hours to days.”

Most of the cities in Metro Manila have already suspended classes on Monday following Taal Volcano’s phreatic eruption.

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