Mt Kanlaon eruption in PH

**katie23** · 10-12-2024, 05:35 PM

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental — Evacuation of thousands of residents near Mt. Kanlaon, which straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, has started after the volcano erupted again on Monday, causing heavy ashfall and emitting strong sulfuric fumes.

As the threat of eruption from Mt. Kanlaon intensifies, an urgent evacuation operation was ordered by Defense Secretary and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Chair Gilberto Teodoro Jr., affecting approximately 87,000 residents.

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**katie23** · 10-12-2024, 05:37 PM

Video is in English

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Topper, how goes in Bacolod? Any ashfall or sulfuric smell?

**BLD** · 10-12-2024, 05:57 PM

Philvolcs are saying it's a pre cursor to perhaps a bigger eruption . I wonder how they get there data? Are there like geophones or something placed around it to measure rumblings. Pinatubo caught everyone by surprise. It was thought to be extinct.

**katie23** · 10-12-2024, 08:14 PM

^I don't know if they are geophones but I've seen (in person) two Phivolcs monitoring stations. One was for Taal Volcano - the station was at a nearby mountain which I hiked, Mt Maculot. (have pics of that in my hiking thread) Another station was in Mt Hibok hibok in Camiguin island, near Mindanao. So yes, they have means to gather data. Maybe those were put in place after the Mt Pinatubo disaster. The monitoring stations had a tower, similar to a cellphone tower.

Mt Pinatubo wasn't really a surprise. I saw a documentary made in the 90s that Phivolcs was monitoring it, as well as the USGS. I think they had some scientists at Clark or they were coordinating with people at Clark Airbase. That docu showed the evacuation of the Aetas (Negrito/ African-like indigenous group), as well as evacuation of US soldiers and their families living in Clark. I think what was surprising was the magnitude of it - they probably didn't expect it to be that strong. But yes, it was dormant for hundreds of years.

According to one of my college proofs, the Pimatubo eruption was triggered by the magnitude 8 earthquake the year before. A piece of dried magma which was covering the molten rock was displaced by the earthquake, allowing pressure to build and be released, which resulted in the eruption. (or that's how I remember it)

What made the Pinatubo eruption worse was the subsequent rains (it was June or July, rainy season). The rainwater mixed with the lava & ash, forming lahar, which inundated several towns. There was a church around 2 storeys tall and only the roof + 1/2 of the 2nd floor remained (that's the 1st flr for Brits & euros).

**thailazer** · 11-12-2024, 11:11 AM

Gee, that is close to you! Did you feel your floor get warm?

**katie23** · 11-12-2024, 11:39 AM

^is that a sarcastic or sincere question? Hmm...

Anyway, I'll choose to view it as sincere. No, my floor didn't get warm nor did I feel any earthquakes nor ashfall from the Mt Kanlaon eruption. That volcano is on a different island, Negros island. It's a few towns away from where Topper lives in Bacolod city.

I live on Luzon island, a few hours south of Manila. I've seen ashfall from the eruptions of Mt Taal (2020) and Mt Pinatubo (1991). I made a thread abt my Mt Pinatubo hike some years ago.

**david44** · 11-12-2024, 02:19 PM

Thanks for heads up, stay safe

**katie23** · 11-12-2024, 06:17 PM

20K food packs distributed to Mt Kanlaon survivors

THE Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has sent a total of 20,000 food packs to families affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon.

Mt. Kanlaon, a stratovolcano that exploded on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.

According to the VDRC on Wednesday, Dec. 11, the relief goods will supplement the existing assistance already provided by other regions.

On Wednesday, the VDRC prepared 6,600 relief goods for the Bacolod warehouse in Negros Occidental and 5,000 for the Dumaguete warehouse in Negros Oriental.

On Tuesday, Dec. 10, they packed 3,400 relief goods for the Bacolod warehouse. On the day of the eruption, the center packed 5,000 relief goods for Guihulngan in Negros Oriental.

Each relief pack prepared by the VDRC is designed to support one family. Each pack contains six kilograms of rice, 10 canned goods and 10 sachets of drink mix.

According to the VDRC, the relief goods can sustain a family for three days.

There are currently 150 individuals under the cash-for-work program who are repacking the family food packs. More on...

20K food packs delivered to Mt. Kanlaon ‘survivors’

**katie23** · 11-12-2024, 06:21 PM

Accdg to this news briefing by a govt (Phivolcs) official, they're expecting more eruptions in the next few days. There have been 19 volcanic earthquakes recorded, so far. Report is in English (mainly).

Drone footage of ashfall

**BLD** · 11-12-2024, 07:06 PM

That's some scary stuff. But thankfully if it goes off fully then at least there's not a typhoon around to fully fuck shit up like pinatubo?

**BLD** · 11-12-2024, 07:11 PM

As far as I saw the eruption of pinatubo was one thing but then a damb typhoon came in with wind and rain and blew that shit everywhere. Not a damn thing anyone can do except hold on. Shovel lahar off yer roof before the weight of it collapses yer roof. Stock up on water and food.

**BLD** · 11-12-2024, 07:15 PM

Angeles was a disaster zone but it continued into zambales. Wow..it looked like we were driving around on the moon once the dust settled. They built a massive " Lahar dike after. But I suspect it was a way of someone making money. That horse had already bolted. And it wasn't a red horse.

**thailazer** · 12-12-2024, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by katie23

^is that a sarcastic or sincere question? Hmm...

Anyway, I'll choose to view it as sincere. No, my floor didn't get warm nor did I feel any earthquakes nor ashfall from the Mt Kanlaon eruption. That volcano is on a different island, Negros island. It's a few towns away from where Topper lives in Bacolod city.

I live on Luzon island, a few hours south of Manila. I've seen ashfall from the eruptions of Mt Taal (2020) and Mt Pinatubo (1991). I made a thread abt my Mt Pinatubo hike some years ago.

Well, it was a mixture of humor and concern. I know that the whole area is quite active so who knows where the lava flows are. My experience with Mt. St. Helens is that you don't want to be anywhere near it or downwind of it. Have had to shovel my share of ash way downwind.

Sounds like you and Topper are well aware of what's happening so stay safe.

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