The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has warned of a possible “volcanic tsunami”, which can be triggered by falling debris from Taal volcano eruption.
This may happen if the volcanic activity of Taal would reach Alert Level 5. The falling debris from the volcano may push the water generating big waves or tsunami.
“Yung volcanic tsunami po, pwede po natin iexpect kapag nag-intesify pa po lalo ang ipinapakita ng Taal ngayon sa alert level 5,” said Phivolcs Supervising Science Research Specialist Winchelle Sevilla during the Taal Volcano inter-agency coordination meeting in Tagaytay.
Latest bulletin said the volcano has begun spewing lava, posing imminent “hazardous eruption within hours or days” as the Alert Level 4 was declared yesterday, January 12.
The volcano sent a huge plume of ash high in the air on January 12, triggering the mass evacuation of some 8,000 people near the area.
Authorities, however, squashed unverified information on social media that the alert level in Taal was raised to 5.
