Dr. Teresito Bacolcol ukol sa update ng pagputok ng bulkang taal kahapon

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00:00Updates on the eruption of Taal Volcano yesterday, we will discuss with PHIVOLCS Director Dr. Teresito Bacolcol.

00:11Dr. Bacolcol, good afternoon to you.

00:14Yes ma'am, good afternoon to you too.

00:17In your monitoring, how big was the effect of the phreatic eruption of Taal Volcano yesterday?

00:24And just to be clear, is this the phreatic eruption?

00:31What is the difference between the two?

00:35Yesterday, the bloom of Taal Volcano reached 2,400 meters.

00:42We did not record or report that there was ash that fell on the towns around Taal Volcano.

00:50Now, the phreatic eruption and the phreatomagmatic eruption are different.

00:56In the phreatic eruption, this is water coming into contact with hot volcanic materials or hot volcanic rocks or hot volcanic gases.

01:04There is no magma involved in the phreatic eruption.

01:08While for phreatomagmatic eruption, this happens when magma comes into contact with water.

01:14As a result, we have produced a mix of steam and ash and sometimes fragmented volcanic materials.

01:23Director, what are the affected areas?

01:29Again, we did not record or report that there was ash that fell on the towns around Taal Volcano.

01:38Most likely, the ash that fell yesterday was only on Taal Volcano Island.

01:44How about the ash fall from here, Director?

01:52Again, we did not record or report that there was ash that fell on the towns around Taal Volcano.

01:59Most likely, the ash fell only on Taal Volcano Island.

02:05What are the hazardous effects of this eruption?

02:10Well, if the ash reaches certain areas and it is inhaled by humans,

02:17it can be difficult to breathe, it can cause irritation to the lungs,

02:22it can irritate the eyes, and if there is cough or other respiratory problems, it can aggravate.

02:30Sir, as of now, Taal Volcano is still at alert level 1. Is that correct?

02:37What are our considerations to raise this alert level?

02:42Yes, you are correct. Taal Volcano is still at alert level 1.

02:47We have different parameters to look at before we raise the alert level from 1 to 2,

02:56just like the number of volcanic earthquakes that we have not seen so far.

03:00In fact, for the past 24 hours, we have not seen a volcanic earthquake recorded in Taal Volcano.

03:07The sulfur dioxide that we recorded in Taal Volcano yesterday was only at 2,532 tons per day.

03:15We also did not see any inflation or eruption in Taal Volcano.

03:22These are the things we are looking at before we raise the alert level from 1 to 2.

03:27Is it expected that Taal Volcano will continue to erupt?

03:36We expect that this will happen again and again.

03:43For as long as we have the right ingredients, like water and hot volcanic materials,

03:50or magma, this can happen again.

03:53In fact, since April, we have recorded 49 phreatic eruptions and one phreatomagmatic eruption.

04:03This is what happened yesterday.

04:05Director, is there a possibility that Taal Volcano will erupt again in 2020?

04:11What is the difference in its activity before and now?

04:16The activity in 2020 started as a phreatomagmatic eruption that became a sub-plinian eruption.

04:25The plume reached 15 kilometers in 2020.

04:29Yesterday, the plume reached only 2.4 kilometers.

04:36The dispersion of the plume, unlike in 2020,

04:41when the plume reached Metro Manila,

04:45we did not report any plume reaching Taal Volcano.

04:56Sir, a message or a reminder to our fellow citizens living near Taal Volcano?

05:04Sir, a message or a reminder to our fellow citizens living near Taal Volcano?

05:10Do not go to Taal Volcano Island because this is our permanent danger zone.

05:15Anytime, there can be a phreatic or phreatomagmatic eruption like what happened yesterday.

05:21Even if we are at alert level 1 or even at alert level 0,

05:25there can be a phreatic or phreatomagmatic eruption.

05:29Thank you very much for your time, Phivox Director Dr. Teresito Bacolcol.

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