Alert status for Manila Bulusan volcano raised to Level 1

After it spewed an ash plume cloud as high as 250 metres, spawned by a phreatic eruption on Wednesday night, the alert status of the Mount Bulusan volcano in Sorsogon in southern Luzon has been raised from normal to Alert Level 1 by The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The volcano’s hydro-thermal abnormalities beneath the volcano might lead to more steam-driven or phreatic eruptions in the coming days due to which the agency had to raise the volcano’s level to 1 from normal, said Ed Laguerta, the Phivolcs resident volcanologist.


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