Taal Volcano status lowered to Alert Level 1

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The Taal volcano, which sits in a picturesque lake in Batangas province, is seen on March 26, 2022, after an eruption earlier in the morning sent ash and steam hundreds of metres into the sky.

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MANILA, Philippines — State volcanologists lowered the status of Taal Volcano in Batangas to Alert Level 1, indicating “low-level unrest,” from Alert Level 2.

 

“Alert Level 1 means that the volcano is still in abnormal condition and should not be interpreted that unrest has ceased or that the threat of an eruption has disappeared,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a bulletin Monday.

 

Even at Alert Level 1, sudden steam-driven explosions, volcanic earthquakes, minor ashfall and lethal accumulations or expulsions of volcanic gas can occur and threaten areas within the Taal Volcano Island.

 

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