• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded three more ash emission events at Kanlaon Volcano on January 12, bringing to 11 the number of such occurrences since January 3 this year.
This prompted the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Negros Occidental to issue a warning for the public to alert of possible ash fall, following the three ash emission events.
The first ash emission event took place at 10:09 a.m., followed by another at 11:31 a.m., and then at 12:47 noon on Jan. 12.
Alert Level 2 is in effect over Kanlaon Volcano and entry into the four-kilometer permanent danger zone remains strictly prohibited.
Pearly Sianson, PHIVOLCS Science Research Specialist, said they have not monitored any ash fall on Monday.
But Sianson did not rule out the possibility of a moderate explosive eruption, similar to what happened on October 24 last year.
She also clarified that the ongoing restiveness of Kanlaon has nothing to do with the recent eruptions of Mayon and Taal.*
