“This is to notify the public and concerned authorities of an ongoing phreatic eruption at Bulusan Volcano,” Phivolcs confirmed in a social media post.
“Alert Level 1 status is now raised over Bulusan Volcano, which means that it is currently in an abnormal condition,” Phivolcs said on its website.
The phreatic eruption started at 10:37 a.m. and lasted for about 17 minutes.
“The event was poorly visible through cloud cover over the edifice although a steam-rich grey plume at least 1 kilometer tall was observed from Juban, Sorsogon and was subsequently observed to drift west,” Phivolcs noted.
Ashfall hits Juban, Casiguran, Irosin villages
Some villages in the towns of Juban, Casiguran and Irosin in Sorsogon were affected by ashfall following the phreatic eruption.
Bernadette Tabing, disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) coordinator of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Juban town, said the villages of Buraburan, Sangkayon, Putingsapa, Añog, Bacolod, Catanusan and Guruyan experienced light to heavy ashfall.
Tabing said some motorists and light vehicles traveling through the two towns’ roads had to stop due to minimal to zero visibility caused by the thick ash.
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