Serious Volcano Taal Erupted! Manila Gone Fuck?? Manila Airport Shut Down!

[JohnTan]

MANILA: Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday (Jan 13) as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami.

Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes around Taal, one of the world's smallest active volcanoes, which spewed ash for a second day from its crater in the middle of a lake about 70km south of central Manila.

"The speed of escalation of Taal's volcanic activity caught us by surprise," Maria Antonia Bornas, chief science research specialist at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology told reporters.

"We have detected magma. It's still deep, it hasn't reached the surface. We still can expect a hazardous eruption any time."

Authorities warned that an eruption could send a tsunami surging across the lake.

Stunning lightning shows have periodically played out above the volcano in a little-understood phenomenon that is attributed to static electricity.

Phivolcs chief Renato Solidum told AFP the lava was evidence of fresh movement in the volcano, but said it was unclear if Taal would "sustain its activity".

Government seismologists recorded magma moving towards the crater of Taal, which is located 65km south of Manila.

More than 24,000 people were evacuated from the volcanic island and the area immediately around it - normally a popular tourist spot. Dozens of tremors set residents on edge.

"We got scared of what could happen to us, we thought the volcano was going to erupt already," said Marilou Baldonado, 53, who left the town of Laurel with only two sets of clothes after she saw the huge ash cloud build.

Some tourists ignored the dangers and travelled to towns closest to the volcano to get a better look.

"It's a once in a lifetime experience for us," Israeli tourist Benny Borenstein told Reuters as he snapped photos of Taal from a vantage point in Tagaytay City, about 32km away.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taal-volcano-erupts-shuts-down-manila-philippines-12258326

 

[laksaboy]

I still remember the Pinatubo volcano eruption. All the cars in the HDB open-air carpark were coated with a layer of ash.

 

[glockman]

I still remember the Pinatubo volcano eruption. All the cars in the HDB open-air carpark were coated with a layer of ash.

When was that? I don't think I was born yet.

 

[blackmondy]

Perhaps we will get see Pompeii again.

 

[winnipegjets]

More Filipinos will flee to SINKapore.

 

[eatshitndie]

that’s what happens when pinoy cuntry doesn’t have an ah kong as founding father and the pap in charge.

 

[nayr69sg]

When was that? I don't think I was born yet.

1991 I dont remember ash though

 

[eatshitndie]

1991 I dont remember ash though

even st published it.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/will-ash-from-mount-agung-reach-spore

It all depends on height of plume and wind direction, say experts
Linette Lai
Political Correspondent

In 1991, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines showered Singapore with ash when it erupted - but Bali's Mount Agung shows no signs of following suit just yet.
Even so, all eyes are on the Indonesian volcano as its two previous eruptions in 1963 and 1843 have shown that it is capable of wreaking significant havoc.
"Both were large eruptions, so there is more interest now," said Mr Christopher Gan, a senior research scientist (applied modelling) at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore.

 

[syed putra]

They still got clark airport.high speed rail between clark to manila under construction.