Panayam kay Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, Director, PHIVOLCS | Unang Balita - video Dailymotion

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00:00PBOX Director Dr. Teresito Bacolkol is still waiting for the eruption of the volcano Canlaon.

00:05Director, good morning.

00:07Yes, sir. Good morning to you.

00:09Is it still alert level 3 or magmatic unrest in Canlaon until now?

00:13Yes, you're right. The volcano Canlaon is still in alert level 3 until now.

00:18Please explain what is this magmatic term in Canlaon, unrest, magmatic unrest.

00:26Alert level 3 means that there is a possibility of a hazardous eruption in the following weeks.

00:34We are advising our residents not to enter the 6km danger zone.

00:40Yesterday, there was an explosion, a strong explosion.

00:52So far, after that, we did not follow this.

00:56We had 20 volcanic earthquakes for the past 24 hours.

01:00The sulfur dioxide is at 1,669 tons per day.

01:04Is this magmatic unrest related to the character of a volcano, Director?

01:10Yes, this magmatic eruption is related.

01:14There is magma involved unlike the previous activity of the Canlaon volcano

01:20where there is steaming and there is sulfur.

01:24When we talk about magmatic eruption, this is magma that comes out and there is lava.

01:32But so far, we have not seen that in the Canlaon volcano.

01:36What alert level 3 means is that there is a possibility of a hazardous eruption in the following weeks.

01:43You said there is no follow-up eruption, but we are expecting something.

01:50Yes, that is our classification in alert level 3.

01:54There will be hazardous eruptions in the following weeks.

01:58Okay.

01:59There was also a pyroclastic density current or PDC.

02:03What is this, Director?

02:05PDC or pyroclastic density current, this is a fast-moving mixture of hot volcanic gases,

02:12ash and rock fragments that fall into the valleys of the volcano.

02:16It runs fast, typically reaching hundreds of kilometers per hour.

02:21This pyroclastic density current is dangerous because it is destructive

02:26and everything in their path can be burned including vegetation, buildings, and even people.

02:35Burned?

02:36So it is not only hazardous, it can be burned, Director?

02:39Yes, it can be burned and killed.

02:42What should the residents of Canlaon do?

02:45I know that there is an evacuation now.

02:47Just follow the advisory of the LGU and our office.

02:53Do not enter the six-kilometer danger zone.

02:57So it means, Director, there are still weeks before they return to their homes?

03:02Yes.

03:03Until when they are in the evacuation center, we cannot say.

03:10It depends on the activity of Canlaon Volcano.

03:14If we lower the alert level to alert level 2, they can return.

03:19That is within four to six-kilometer danger zone.

03:24But there are no people at any time in the four-kilometer permanent danger zone.

03:30Thank you very much Dr. Teresito Bacolcol of PHIVWalks. Be careful.

03:34Thank you very much as well.

03:40Stay tuned for more integrated news on YouTube for different parts of the country.

Panayam kay Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, Director, PHIVOLCS | Unang Balita

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