The Taal volcano emits a plume of ash and steam in Batangas Province, the Philippines, on July 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- People took shelter inside an evacuation center as the Taal volcano continues to rumble in Batangas Province, the Philippines, on Monday.
Philippine volcanologists warned that an eruption could occur in Taal volcano, south of Manila, "anytime soon" after recording the highest levels of sulfur dioxide gas emission on Sunday.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert level to 3 on Taal volcano in Batangas province on Thursday, following a phreatomagmatic eruption that "generated a short-lived dark phreatomagmatic plume one kilometer high."
Meanwhile, local authorities said that more than 5,000 villagers living close to the volcano have been evacuated to the temporary government shelters.
Taal volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, last erupted in January 2020. The last eruption displaced nearly 380,000 villagers and destroyed many farms, houses and roads in the province.
The Taal volcano emits a plume of ash and steam in Batangas Province, the Philippines, on July 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
The Taal volcano emits a plume of ash and steam in Batangas Province, the Philippines, on July 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A man and his daughter take shelter inside an evacuation center as the Taal volcano continues to rumble in Batangas Province, the Philippines, on July 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A woman and her daughter take shelter inside an evacuation center as the Taal volcano continues to rumble in Batangas Province, the Philippines, on July 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)■
