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Phivolcs maintain Alert Level 3 as Kanlaon erupts
By J.Lo
“We’re watching closely Kanlaon Volcano,” Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director Teresito Bacolcol said, adding that this is first time agency has raised alert level to 3 for the volcano, signifying increased magmatic activity.
Ashfall has affected 60 barangays surrounding Mt. Kanlaon, and yet, yesterday’s volcanic eruption is not yet “bigger one” that is being anticipated, according to Phivolcs.
Science and research analyst Ferly Sianson, based at Phivolcs station in La Carlota, described volcano’s activity yesterday as minor explosive eruption.
Two minor explosive eruptions also took place at Mt. Kanlaon on June 3 and Dec. 9 last year.
Bacolcol warned of possible short-lived or stronger explosive eruptions in the coming days, describing them as “highly violent and powerful,” driven by sudden release of gas and pressure along with ash and pyroclastic currents.
Explosive eruption occurred from 5:51 . to 6:47 in the morning yesterday, producing voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall drifted southwest. Mt. Kanlaon is currently under Alert Level 3.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines issued Notice to Airmen to avoid flights near Mt. Kanlaon, with vertical limits from surface up to 22,000 feet. NOTAM will be in effect from April 8, 8:20 in the morning until April 9, 5:51 in the morning Flight operators were advised to avoid flying near volcano due to potential hazards posed by volcanic ash with seismic and infrasound signals.
Meanwhile, Sianson reported pyroclastic density currents also descended slopes on general southern edifice of Kanlaon.
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council of Negros Occidental reported light to heavy ashfall in 24 barangays of La Carlota City, La Castellana, Pontevedra and Bago City.
Sulfuric smell was also reported in four barangays of Bago City and La Castellana, according to the Negros Occidental PDRRMC.
Grassfire was also reported at eastern upper slopes of Kanlaon that was ignited by superheated ballistic fragments that were thrown out from crater by explosive eruption.
Although yesterday’s eruption was primarily phreatic caused by steam-driven explosions Bacolcol warned magmatic eruption, involves lava emission, is also possible.
He noted that Mt. Kanlaon’s last magmatic eruption occurred in 1902.
Phivolcs is currently maintaining Alert Level 3 but may raise it to Level 4 if signs of hazardous magmatic eruption increase. This would expand danger zone from current six-kilometer radius to 10 kilometers.
According to Office of Civil Defense, over 8,000 residents living near Mt. Kanlaon have been pre-emptively evacuated.
Task Force Kanlaon said safety measures have been put in place with response teams on standby following yesterday’s eruption.
Reports from OCD said those evacuated are now staying in at least 22 different evacuation centers as of Tuesday morning.
As of yesterday, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported 4,319 families, composed of 13,959 individuals, still inside and outside evacuation centers.
Personnel of Sugar Regulatory Administration research facility in Brgy. La Granja, La Carlota City were also evacuated due to ashfall.
La Castellana Mayor Alme Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan prohibited entry of residents, even during allowable 6 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon window time, to extended six-kilometer permanent danger zone, as result of Kanlaon’s activity.
“We were prepared for eruption… families within four to six kilometers were already evacuated during previous eruption last December, right now we are just monitoring which villages will be affected by the ashfall,” John De Asis, rescue official in La Castellana said.
While Bacolod City remains unaffected by ashfall, Mayor Alfredo Benitez announced yesterday that they are ready to assist those affected by eruption.
Classes in all levels were suspended in cities of La Carlota and Bago, La Castellana, Pontevedra and Isabela, Negros Occidental.
As of last month, thousands of students in Western and Central Visayas have yet to return to schools for onsite classes as regions continue to reel from impact of Kanlaon’s eruption in December, according to Department of Education.
DepEd’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service said that as of March 5, 11 schools are still being used as evacuation centers affecting 11,177 students and 441 faculty and school personnel.
Meanwhile, rationing of drinking water is now ongoing in La Carlota City, especially in barangays of Yubo and San Miguel, carried out by local government, in tandem with Bureau of Fire Protection, according to Junnie Martin Torrefranca, local disaster risk reduction management officer.
Philippine Red Cross Negros Occidental-Bacolod City Chapter, in coordination with its La Carlota City branch, has deployed its water tanker and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) team to deliver clean and safe water to residents of Brgy. Ara-al in La Carlota City.
In addition to water delivery, PRC volunteers and staff have distributed jerry cans for safe water storage, along with face masks to help protect community from health hazards of ashfall.
Red Cross 143 volunteers on the ground reported roads in the area are heavily blanketed with ash.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.has ordered concerned government agencies to ensure uninterrupted assistance to residents affected by volcanic eruption.
Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said DSWD field offices in Western and Central Visayas are closely coordinating with affected local government units, with food packs and non-food items provided to affected individuals.
Palace official, meanwhile, said Malacañang will review request of local executives for additional funding for response efforts.
Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said over 250,000 boxes of family food packs (FFPs) were prepositioned in warehouses of DSWD’s Field Office 6 in Western Visayas and 7 in Central Visayas ahead of ongoing explosive eruption.
“As I speak, our field offices in Western and Central Visayas are closely coordinating with affected local government units so we can get real-time updates on status of affected families and their need for more provisions of family food packs and non-food items,” Gatchalian said.
Since explosive eruption last Dec. 9, Gatchalian said DSWD’has been delivering bulks of FFPs to the LGUs in Regions 6 and 7.
“We expect numbers of evacuees may spike again, but we are ready…our nearby warehouses are capacitated…in fact, apart from more than 100,000 FFPs in Negros Island, we have over 2.5 million boxes of FFPs prepositioned in other warehouses across the country we can tap anytime for our relief response,” Gatchalian said.
Apart from FFPs, DSWD’ also has P865.4 million worth of non-food items such as kitchen kit, family kit, sleeping kit, hygiene kit and laminated sacks, among other relief items.
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