00:00PHIVOX called on residents near the volcano Kanlaon not to be complacent and remain alert.
00:08The situation of Kanlaon is possibly getting worse,
00:12especially since it erupted more than last June.
00:17This is Rod Lagusan of PTV with the national news.
00:21Rod.
00:22Alan, PHIVOX did not remove the possibility that the situation of Kanlaon Volcano is getting worse
00:27following its eruption yesterday.
00:29That's why the agency is urging the public not to be complacent and remain alert.
00:34According to PHIVOX Director Teresito Bacolcol,
00:36this is stronger than the first eruption last June and even last year.
00:40Phivox has recorded 20 volcanic earthquakes in the last 24 hours.
00:46Bacolcol explained that when the magma rises, the volcanic earthquake increases.
00:50But if the magma is at the top, almost nothing is recorded.
00:55We are still not sure if the magma has risen because we are in alert level 3 and anything can happen.
01:00We may expect these things to escalate in the next few weeks.
01:05But of course, we are hoping that it won't.
01:07But we would expect that the possibility that this would escalate further is always there.
01:12In fact, we are suspecting that there will be a shallow magma
01:15because for the past several days following the June 3 eruption,
01:24we have seen a lot of volcanic gases, sulfur dioxide, reaching the top of the volcano.
01:29Phivox recorded 1,699 tons per day of sulfur dioxide yesterday.
01:36This means that the magma has reached the top of the volcano.
01:38Based on the ground deformation instrument of PHIVOX,
01:40the magma reached the top of the volcano.
01:42Also included in the magma of the volcano is pyroclastic density current or PVC.
01:48This is where the volcanic ash, volcanic gases and volcanic fragments from the volcano accumulate.
01:54However, this is dangerous because it reaches 100 kilometers per hour.
01:59It reached 3.5 kilometers from the crater of the volcano that entered the 4-kilometer danger zone of the volcano.
02:06But that's the reason why we're raising the alert level because this may recur,
02:13this may happen again in the next few weeks.
02:17And it may be even stronger.
02:19So it will reach, it will pass the 4-kilometer permanent danger zone.
02:23If there is an escalation of activities, we may extend the alert, the danger zone from 6 to say 8 or probably 10.
02:32Meanwhile, when it comes to ashfall, according to PHIVOX,
02:35aside from the LGUs around the volcano,
02:37such as La Castellana, La Carlota, Bagu City and Candon City,
02:41there are also signs in Guimaras and Maguinsa, Antique, which are more than 300 kilometers away.
02:46PHIVOX is reminding the public to wear a face mask and if possible, N95 to cover your nose and mouth.
02:53That is the latest from PHIVOX. Back to you, Alan.
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