Kanlaon Volcano emits 1,500 meter-high ash again, says Phivolcs

FILE PHOTO: Many areas in Bago City in Negros Occidental are still to recover from the massive ash fall that rained on the town, turning verdant green vegetation, roads and rooftops into gray, after Mt. Kanlaon erupted on Dec. 9, 2024, as shown in this photo taken in Barangay Mailum on Dec. 11. – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island spewed ash on Tuesday morning, Dec. 23, 2024. Phivolcs reported in a bulletin that the ash emission from the volcano’s summit began at 11:37 a.m. and lasted until 11:48 a.m., generating a dark plume 1,200 meters tall. It also resulted in ash rain over the south and southwest sectors of the volcano. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island spewed ash on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Phivolcs reported in a bulletin that the ash emission from the volcano’s summit began at 11:37 a.m. and lasted until 11:48 a.m., generating a dark plume 1,200 meters tall. It also resulted in ash rain over the south and southwest sectors of the volcano.

Before this latest ash event, four similar emissions also occurred in the volcano on Monday—one in the morning, which lasted for more than five hours, and three in the evening.

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Alert Level 3 remains raised over Kanlaon Volcano, which indicates magmatic unrest.

Kanlaon Volcano last erupted on Dec. 9, producing a voluminous plume that rapidly rose to 3,000 meters above the vent and drifted west-southwest