Taal Volcano in the Philippines, Eruption in 2020 + Recent Update

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The Taal volcano is located about 50 km from the capital of the Philippines (Manila), this on Sunday January 12, 2020 made an eruption which produced a massive evacuation of about 6,000 to 10,000 inhabitants near the volcano.

The volcano has erupted 33 times since 1572, causing the loss of human life in the populated areas surrounding the lake. Among them, we have in 1911 about 1300 deaths and in 1965 about 200 deaths.

In the Taal Lake, located in the island of Luzon (Philippines) is the volcano that has the same name and this is fresh water, this volcano is within a boiler formed by large eruptions caused in previous years and then flooded (as shown in photo).

Lake Taal was a part of the Bay of Balayan but after a series of major eruptions in the 18th century, the connection of the lake to the sea was reduced to a drainage of the Pansipit River. The rains over the centuries caused the water to lose its salinity to fresh water.

This eruption led to the suspension of classes on Monday, January 13 and the closure of Manila International Airport. The Taal volcano has a warning level 4 out of 5 which is the maximum.
Taal Volcano located from Google Maps

The eruption was observed from several points, here below I leave you some images and videos of it.


Puerto Valera


Tagaytay


Calamba

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As you could notice in some images and videos you can see that there is the presence of lightning, these are generated by the collision of particles within the eruptive cloud of the Taal volcano that generates so much static charge that this energy is released in the form of lightning.

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Also due to the presence of radon, a radioactive gas, colorless and odorless, released with the eruptions.

In this image you can see the eruptive column of the Taal volcano which was taken at an altitude of about 7,600 meters from a commercial flight.

Updated in videos today 01/15/2020

Fissures have opened up which, according to Phivolcs, indicate internal movements of magma from a series of volcano-detection earthquakes and the possibility of a dangerous eruption.

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Taal residents reported through this video that the Pansipit River that is connected to Lake Taal suddenly dried up.

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An aerial view recorded with a drone shows in this video that the crater lake, once filled with water, has now practically dried up and the island is completely covered in ashes.

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Update information: Twitter



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