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  1. What the Taal Volcano 'worst-case scenario' could look like

    What the Taal Volcano 'worst-case scenario' could look like. An ash cloud rises over the lake as Taal Volcano erupts in the Philippines on January 12. The ongoing eruption is blanketing the ...

  2. Philippines: Taal Volcano Eruption

    Taal Volcano is among the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, with more than 30 reported eruptions. Last time Taal Volcano erupted in early January 2020 affecting more than 736,000 people in ...

  3. Frontiers

    1 Introduction. This work presents the sequence of events and actions based on eyewitnesses' accounts of the 12 January 2020 Taal Volcano eruption from two perspectives: those of the Taal Volcano Island (TVI) residents and those along Taal Caldera Lakeshore (TCLS) (Figures 1A,B).Personal accounts of TVI residents and interviews with TCLS residents provide an up-close look and a spectator's ...

  4. The 2020 Eruption and Large Lateral Dike Emplacement at Taal Volcano

    1 Introduction. Taal volcano is a caldera located in southwestern Luzon island in the Philippines (Figure 1).It is one of the frequently erupting volcanoes in the country, having at least 33 known historical eruptions between CE1572 and CE1977 (Delos Reyes et al., 2018).The volcano is part of the Macolod Corridor, a complex NE-SW trending 50-60 km-wide rift zone, characterized by active ...

  5. Hazardous base surges of Taal's 2020 eruption

    Thickness and volume. Based on the analysis of pre- and post-2020 eruption DTMs of the southeast sector of TVI, the base surge deposits of Taal Volcano are thickest on the upper slopes (50-180 m ...

  6. Report on Taal (Philippines)

    Report on Taal (Philippines) — June 2020. Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 45, no. 6 (June 2020) Managing Editor: Edward Venzke. Edited by Janine B. Krippner. Taal (Philippines) Eruption on 12 January with explosions through 22 January; steam plumes continuing into March. Please cite this report as: Global Volcanism Program, 2020.

  7. Assessing the economic ripple effects of critical infrastructure

    This study considers the case of the Taal Volcano Eruption on 12 January 2020. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported that Level 3 was raised in the surrounding communities at 8:00 AM (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Citation 2022a). The study utilized the data provided in the situational ...

  8. Factors affecting response actions of the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption

    Despite the availability of many studies related to a volcanic eruption [[11], [13], [14]], very few studies are related to Taal Volcano.Ladanivskyy et al. [5] only investigated the magnetic and electric records made by the Taal volcano to see if resistivity changes were related to the seismovolcanic crisis that happened in the years 2010-2011.. Similarly, Maussen et al. [6] only studied the ...

  9. PDF Final Report Philippines: Taal Volcano Eruption

    Final Report Philippines: Taal Volcano Eruption. DREF operation. Operation n° MDRPH043. Date of Issue: 30 November 2021. GLIDE n° VO-2021-000071-PHL. Operation start date: 3 July 2021. Operation ...

  10. Report on Taal (Philippines)

    PHIVOLCS reported continuing unrest at Taal during 5-11 October. Upwelling gasses and hot fluids in the lake continued to be visible. A small, three-minute-long phreatomagmatic burst occurred on 5 October; according to the Washington VAAC an ash plume rose to 600 m (2,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted SW. White steam emissions rose 900 m above the ...

  11. Factors affecting response actions of the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption

    The Taal Volcano eruption was one of the most severe disasters in the Philippines in 2020. The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting response action of the 2020 Taal Volcano ...

  12. Analysis of the 2020 Taal Volcano tephra fall deposits from

    After 43 years of dormancy, Taal Volcano violently erupted in January 2020 forming a towering eruption plume. The fall deposits covered an area of 8605 km2, which includes Metro Manila of the National Capital Region of the Philippines. The tephra fall caused damage to crops, traffic congestion, roof collapse, and changes in air quality in the affected areas. In a tropical region where heavy ...

  13. A synthesis and review of historical eruptions at Taal Volcano

    We selected the eruption of Taal volcano in The Philippines on January 12, 2020, as our case study. We computed more than 4000 interferometric pairs from a dataset of 93 images acquired before, during, and after the eruption. ... The Taal Volcano eruption was one of the most severe disasters in the Philippines in 2020. The purpose of this study ...

  14. The 2020 Eruption and Large Lateral Dike Emplacement at Taal Volcano

    We find that: (1) prior to the eruption, the volcano experiences a sequence of long-term (>1 year) deflation followed by short-term (≤1 year) inflation as a result of the depressurization-pressurization of its ∼5 km depth magma reservoir; (2) during the eruption, the magma reservoir lost a volume of 0.531 ± 0.004 km 3 while a 0.643 ± 0. ...

  15. Diffuse CO2 degassing precursors of the January 2020 eruption of Taal

    The thirty-three recorded eruptions of Taal Volcano Island from 1572 to 1977 include phreatic to phreatomagmatic eruptions. ... Case study of Mt. Fuji, Japan.

  16. Remote Characterization of the 12 January 2020 Eruption of Taal Volcano

    On 12 January 2020, an eruption began on the shores of the Main Crater Lake (MCL) of Taal Volcano—a caldera system on the southern end of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Taal, one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, is located 30 km south of Manila—a major metropolitan area with a population of 13.5 million people.

  17. Evolution, Causes and Influence Factors of Taal Volcanic Activities

    Taal Volcano lies at the southwestern end of a convergent boundary between the Eurasian and Philippine Sea tectonic plates where volcanic activities are frequent. Results show that the evolution of the eruption consists of increased CO 2 flux, seismic swarms, phreatic explosion chronically. The origin of the volcano is the subduction of the ...

  18. Taal: The 'very small but dangerous volcano'

    Taal is a small volcano but it is complex and unpredictable which makes it a big risk, say experts. ... These new eruptions are taking place on Volcano Island, which sits inside Lake Taal, a 234 ...

  19. Taal volcano: Your questions answered

    Taal volcano: Your questions answered. 13 January 2020. Time-lapse of lightning storm swirling round Philippine volcano. Lava has started to emerge from the Taal volcano in the Philippines, as the ...

  20. Factors affecting response actions of the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption

    The Taal Volcano eruption was one of the most severe disasters in the Philippines in 2020. The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting response action of the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption among Filipinos in Luzon, Philippines. ... Our case study can equip environmental risk assessment with innovative models, new dynamical indices ...

  21. Predicting Factors Affecting Preparedness of Volcanic Eruption for a

    Volcanic eruption activity across the world has been increasing. The recent eruption of Taal volcano and Mt. Bulusan in the Philippines affected several people due to the lack of resources, awareness, and preparedness activities. Volcanic eruption disrupts the sustainability of a community. This study assessed people's preparedness for volcanic eruption using a machine learning ensemble ...

  22. Massive Eruption in the Philippines: Devastating Consequences and

    Ultimately, the Taal Volcano's recent eruption has had traumatic effects on many people living in nearby cities. Residents of this region of the Philippines still face the impact of pollution and an unpredictable environment. Possible eruptions in the near future could alter the climate and contribute to the destruction of stratospheric ozone.

  23. Philippines: Taal Volcano Eruption

    An Alert Level 3 means that there is magma extruding from the main crater that could drive explosive eruption. Taal Volcano is situated on Volcano Island and is listed as a Permanent Danger Zone ...

  24. Attention focuses on Taal: Decade volcano of the Philippines

    Based on its complex and little-understood eruptive history and its enormous potential for disaster, Taal was chosen as a Decade Volcano by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) from among 200 potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines. Taal is frequently active, several million people live within a 20-km radius ...