Kanlaon Volcano raised to Alert Level 3 as explosive eruption occurs

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An explosive eruption at Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island on Monday afternoon, December 9, raised the volcano monitoring to Alert Level 3.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/visayas/phivolcs-kanlaon-volcano-eruption-alert-level-update-bulletin-december-9-2024/

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00:00An explosive eruption at Candlaon Volcano in Negros Island on Monday afternoon, December

00:059, raised the volcano monitoring to alert Level 3.

00:09The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, or PHIVOX, says that the explosive

00:14eruption happened at 3.03 PM, producing a voluminous plume that climbed up to 4,000

00:19meters above the summit vent.

00:21PHIVOX also says that pyroclastic density currents, or PDCs, descended the slopes on

00:26the general southeastern edifice of the volcano.

00:29The agency raises Candlaon from Alert Level 2, indicating increasing unrest, to Alert

00:34Level 3, indicating magmatic unrest.

00:38PHIVOX warns that this indicates the start of a magmatic eruption that could lead to

00:42more explosive eruptions.

00:44The agency also advises the local government units within a 6-kilometer radius of the volcano

00:49to begin evacuations.

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