MANILA (UCAN/SE): As at 8.00am on July 15, Alert Level 3 remained raised over restive Taal Volcano, in Batangass, the Philippines. Philvolcs [Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismololgy] reported: “In the past 24-hour period, the Taal Volcano Network recorded seventeen (17) volcanic earthquakes, including sixteen (16) volcanic tremor events having durations of one (1) to thirty-six (36) minutes, one (1) low frequency volcanic earthquake, and low-level background tremor that has persisted since 07 July 2021.”
Philvolcs reminded the public that “In the past 24-hour period, the Taal Volcano Network recorded seventeen (17) volcanic earthquakes, including sixteen (16) volcanic tremor events having durations of one (1) to thirty-six (36) minutes, one (1) low frequency volcanic earthquake, and low-level background tremor that has persisted since 07 July 2021.” Communities situated around Taal Lake were reminded to be vigilant and to take precautionary measures.
Philvolcs bulletin page for Taal
https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php/volcano-hazard/volcano-bulletin2/taal-volcano
Priests joined calls for people living near Taal Volcano in Batangas province, the Philippines, not to return to their homes following reports that it is continuing to spew ash.
Around 6,000 residents who live within a seven-kilometre “danger zone” remain displaced after the restive volcano began spewing ash and sulfur dioxide on July 1. Authorities fear this could be the prelude to a major eruption.
They said the volcano was spewing an average of 22,628 tons of ash and sulfur dioxide gas per day, the highest such emissions ever recorded, reaching up to three kilometres high, covering much of the southern and eastern parts of Batangas province with ash.
It prompted an appeal by the Archdiocese of Lipa, which covers Batangas province, to issue an appeal for more N95 masks.
The Archdiocesan Social Action Commission (LASAC) said it had 5,000 masks but more were needed.
It said the archdiocese has already provided residents of the towns of Agoncillo and Laurel with some of their stocks.
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“We are still in need of more. Our people need help,” the bishops’ conference website quoted LASAC as saying.
“Stay in your respective evacuation sites for your own safety,” Father Elmer Garido of the Diocese of Legaspi, in the Bicol region, said on July 5.
Bishop Patricio Buzon of Bacolod, called on people to unite behind the diplaced.
“I am calling on our parishes and chaplaincies to offer Masses and prayer intentions for the safety and protection of our people in those areas,” Bishop Buzon told Radio Veritas.
Taal last erupted on 12 January 2020, killing 39 people and forcing more than 376,000 to flee their homes.
