Volcanic activity update

20 Jan 2020 / Calaca, Philippines

TAAL VOLCANO is still at Alert Level 4. According to PHIVOLCS on its 8:00am bulletin today (20 January) “Activity in the Main Crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by steady steam emission and infrequent weak explosions that generated ash plumes 500 to 1000 meters tall and dispersed ash southwest of the Main Crater. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission was measured at an average of 4353 tonnes/day”.

The Quick Response Team of PHIVOLCS has documented fissures in different areas around Taal Volcano particularly in the towns of Talisay, Agoncillo, Taal and Lemery. During our team’s inspections along the Calaca- Lemery National Highway, large fissures were observed along Sinisian East in Lemery and along Diversion Road in Taal. However, the DPWH- Region 4-A is active in cleaning and clearing these areas covered with ashes and exerting all efforts to make the roads passable.

As of this hour, despite the presence of these fissures, Calaca- Lemery-Bauan National Highway is still passable to all kinds of vehicles. In case of a total road closure along this stretch, the Calaca- Balayan- Nasugbu route is an alternative route option.

Calaca Seaport is continually monitoring this volcanic activity and will update all locators of further developments.

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Source: Calaca Industrial Seaport Corp. Port Advisory No.2020-004 issued at 1200 hours local time on 20 January 2020

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