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00:02 The quiet volcano Canlaon in Negros Island
00:06 just this past Sunday, suddenly exploded.
00:10 Residents are shocked.
00:13 How are they?
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00:21 Feel the vlogger and hiker, 30.
00:25 He's on top of the world.
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00:30 Just this weekend, he climbed the highest volcano in the world,
00:36 Mount Canlaon in Negros Island.
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00:43 They say that Jardin San Balo is 6 kilometers away from the crater.
00:47 We're just there in Jardin San Balo.
00:49 It's really different.
00:51 It's really beautiful.
00:52 The experience is really worth it.
00:53 It's so magical in feeling.
00:56 But if you can reach the top, especially on the crater,
01:02 the view there is breathtaking.
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01:09 It's one of the destination of adventure seekers.
01:13 That's why many people go to the crater.
01:16 That's why the management of Mount Canlaon Natural Park
01:19 saw that trekking should be regulated to go to the crater.
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01:26 But just one day after 30's hike in Mount Canlaon,
01:31 he was surprised by a breaking news.
01:35 Mount Canlaon suddenly exploded.
01:41 Oh, fireworks.
01:44 We had a blast from the crater around 6.31 p.m.
01:52 It lasted for 6 minutes.
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02:00 The smoke was thick.
02:02 But that was our last day and we were going home.
02:05 Of course, I was surprised.
02:06 We were just going home and that's what will happen to the volcano.
02:10 I felt so lucky that the whole group was home safely.
02:14 [explosion]
02:15 The volcano was surrounded by rain with lightning.
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02:22 Until it erupted with a thick smoke that reached 5 kilometers high.
02:29 The explosion was followed by an ashfall.
02:33 It produced a high concentration of sulfur dioxide.
02:38 That's why the towns of La Carlota and La Castellana in Negros Occidental
02:44 and Canlaon City in Negros Oriental
02:47 were surrounded by a thick layer of ash.
02:51 It was like a wave.
02:52 It was like a wave that hit us and we were all covered in ash.
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03:01 The people who lived in the volcano's base
03:03 were not able to breathe easily when the volcano erupted.
03:08 It was followed by rain for two days.
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03:26 The next day, the volcano's lava flowed down.
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03:41 The once clean river became a river of lava
03:45 and it was still flowing.
03:48 Lord in Jesus' name.
03:51 In Sitio Tamburong in Barangay Biak na Bato,
03:54 which is surrounded by the town of La Castellana.
03:56 Lord, please, Lord, please.
03:58 You are not at home, Lord.
03:59 Please, Lord, please.
04:02 These adults were forced to remove the motorbike
04:06 that was tied to the trees.
04:08 I saw a lot of people who were already tied up and then they were walking to evacuate.
04:15 The 85-year-old grandma Pila,
04:19 because she was too lazy to walk,
04:21 was forced by the barangay residents.
04:23 They forced me to walk.
04:26 They forced me to walk.
04:29 The Department of Public Works and Highways in La Castellana
04:34 was busy cleaning the roads that were covered with ash.
04:38 We started from the streets.
04:41 The road was too thick.
04:42 Just a little bit.
04:45 The family of the caravan driver, Carlita,
04:48 was very sad when they brought their house near the river of Barangay Biak na Bato.
04:53 We couldn't reach the road.
04:57 Their kitchen was submerged in lava.
05:01 I threw a stone so I could hit the roof.
05:06 I couldn't reach it.
05:09 I couldn't cook.
05:11 This was their bathroom.
05:15 I couldn't see anything.
05:17 I was waiting for the electricity to go out.
05:20 When it was cut, it was broken.
05:21 But they are still thankful that none of their family members were hurt.
05:28 I was in the river.
05:30 I was holding the rope and I was holding the place.
05:32 I was just holding the rope.
05:34 I was just holding the place.
05:36 But in the middle of our team's shoot,
05:39 Where are you from?
05:41 You are far from here.
05:43 I am from Cabalon.
05:45 Where are you from?
05:47 suddenly, there was a chaos.
05:49 The water is leaking.
05:56 The water that was leaking is now full.
06:00 Because of this, the barangay council and the highway patrol group immediately started monitoring the river.
06:08 We cannot say that we will not take care of it.
06:11 But we will prepare for the best.
06:14 We will protect our barangay members.
06:17 This is a good thing.
06:18 It is not slippery.
06:20 But we will also add a little care.
06:25 Not only the family members were blamed for the explosion of Mount Canlaon,
06:29 Good morning, sir.
06:31 How are you?
06:32 I am fine.
06:33 Even the farmers around this place.
06:36 Some places in Canlaon City, which is considered as a vegetable basket of Negroes,
06:42 were covered with ash.
06:45 That's why the farmer from Barangay Masulong, Jesse,
06:49 his cabbage plant is now suffering from a headache.
06:53 He had planted it at the end of the month.
06:56 It was destroyed.
06:57 It is not easy to plant.
06:59 The water here is very high.
07:01 The cabbage is expensive.
07:03 Thank you.
07:04 Thank you.
07:08 How much is this?
07:09 I will exchange it for the next house.
07:12 I will give it to my students.
07:15 I will give it to my students.
07:19 I will give it to my students.
07:20 The local government unit has damaged the assistance.
07:24 They are asking for assistance.
07:28 The tourist spots near the volcano were temporarily closed to the public.
07:36 Like Padudusan Falls, which looks like this now.
07:40 That's why Leia's store near the waterfalls is now without profit.
07:45 There are no tourists.
07:46 It is really hard, ma'am, because that is what we are hoping for now.
07:50 We cannot sleep well because we are always worried that it might explode again.
07:56 The water of the two major rivers in Central Negros comes from Mount Canlaon.
08:04 The area that it covers for water supply is 158,500 hectares.
08:12 One of the major problems in the area is the lack of clean water.
08:17 It is not easy to plant.
08:19 It is not easy to plant.
08:22 The water we have now is contaminated.
08:24 We are the ones who supply drinking water to this affected barangay.
08:29 Mount Canlaon is the third most active volcano in the Philippines
08:34 followed by Mount Mayonang Bicol and Taal Volcano in Batangas.
08:39 It first exploded in 1866.
08:43 In the years that passed, it witnessed a slow explosion.
08:48 There is also a post online that says that the eruption of Canlaon has a pattern.
08:55 Every three months of June, the volcano seems to erupt.
09:00 Just like June 3, 2003, June 3, 2006, and now June 3, 2024.
09:09 FIVOX has an explanation for this.
09:13 We think that this is just a coincidence.
09:15 Although, it is not just June.
09:17 The last volcano to erupt before June 3 was in December 2017.
09:25 But one of the most likely to erupt is Mount Canlaon.
09:30 It happened on August 10, 1996,
09:34 when three mountaineers who were also there, were hit by a volcano.
09:41 They lost their lives.
09:44 I heard a very loud explosion and it was rocks and ash plummeting down the mountain.
09:49 In 1996, there were 20 people who went on a safari to the crater.
09:56 When they were there, three people died.
10:01 One British and two Filipinos were injured.
10:05 10 Belgians and 6 Filipinos were injured.
10:10 And there was another British.
10:12 After about 10 seconds, the rocks started to catch up with me.
10:15 And I cowered with my rucksack on my back, my hands off my head, protecting me from the rock fall.
10:21 The rocks were crashing down for about a minute.
10:25 It was very hot and I couldn't breathe. It was suffocating me.
10:28 That was very scary.
10:30 The sky is very clear.
10:31 In fact, when the volcano erupted, I saw the white, like a pressure cooker, that was like "shhh"
10:40 One of the victims was the former president of Negros Mountaineering Club, Inc., Neil.
10:46 I was at my neighbor's house.
10:48 Neil's brother came to me.
10:51 "Mom, the volcano erupted, the crater."
10:54 "It's over there."
10:56 "We're not afraid, we're not going to cry."
10:59 This was the first night they arrived at the rainforest, at the crater.
11:06 The actual, when Mount Kailaon erupted last August 10, 1996,
11:13 I think it was around this time,
11:15 they were hit by the falling rocks.
11:20 So that was the worst that they were killed.
11:24 I wanted to be there, to comfort him, to feel what he was feeling, to know what he wanted.
11:35 But there was nothing.
11:37 This is the actual bag that Neil used during their last ascent.
11:46 Every time I ride a jeep, I always say, "I hate Kailaon."
11:53 I tell myself, "I hate you."
11:55 "Yes, because if it wasn't for you, my son wouldn't have died."
11:59 Right?
12:00 So that's my feeling.
12:02 "We're okay, you are always remembered until the end of our time."
12:09 "Love you."
12:11 Meanwhile, because there was still a chance of the volcano erupting again,
12:28 some residents are still staying in evacuation areas.
12:33 Our local government officials and residents need to be prepared
12:38 because we don't know what can happen.
12:41 For a long time, Taganegros have been saying that Mount Kailaon
12:47 served as their protection during the recent typhoons.
12:52 In this fertile land, farmers are counting on it.
12:56 It's exploding unexpectedly.
13:02 It's exploding unexpectedly.
13:07 [Explosion]
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