00:00A few months ago, Mount Canlaon erupted in Negros Occidental, but this week, it erupted just in time.
00:12The question now is, what will happen to the Christmas of our Negrense countrymen?
00:19It's like a volcano erupting.
00:24Hurry up!
00:26It was a close call.
00:29When the family of the fisherman, Sadra, left Mount Canlaon in Negros Occidental,
00:36it was not easy to escape while carrying her one-year-old son.
00:46It seemed like they were fighting for their lives.
00:50However, far from their home, at the foot of one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines,
00:58Mount Canlaon erupted again on Monday.
01:05There are a lot of bones in Mount Canlaon.
01:08Next to the eruption of the volcano, was the eruption of its black and very thick ash.
01:17Hurry up! Hurry up!
01:19That's why Sadra was forced to flee to a remote mountainous area.
01:25Wow! That's a lot!
01:28A few minutes later,
01:33they were lucky to be far away.
01:36Wow!
01:37I thought the world was over. I was really surprised.
01:47This Thursday, Sadra returned to their home to get their belongings.
01:53I'm going to prepare because we're going to evacuate.
01:59It's dangerous to leave this place.
02:03We're going to move.
02:04It's not hard here anymore, sir.
02:06Unlike before, the people here would say,
02:11It erupted before.
02:12But now, they're really scared because they thought the world was over.
02:16In fact, Sadra noticed the unusual movement of Mount Canlaon in the past few days.
02:23It's like nothing happened.
02:24But that's when we really panicked, sir.
02:26Because that volcano, it's like there are white pugs,
02:31covering whatever may happen.
02:34But because they have been living at its foot for more than four decades,
02:39they're already used to the volcano.
02:41In fact, the first moments of Mount Canlaon eruption this Monday,
02:46It's really normal.
02:47I wasn't panicking then, sir. I wasn't scared.
02:50I told the one who harvested the sweet potatoes,
02:52Okay, let's snack.
02:53But when he saw the amount of ash that was poured,
02:59he was already terrified.
03:01I'm scared of the volcano.
03:03I'm scared, sir.
03:04I'm scared, sir.
03:05When I saw it, I was really panicked, sir.
03:07The rotation of the ash was really close.
03:11There was a slight slide.
03:13We didn't expect that to happen.
03:25Hurry up! Hurry up!
03:26We ran there because we were scared of the rotation of the ash in the sea
03:31that we couldn't stop it from coming here.
03:34There are a lot of bones in the volcano, in Mount Canlaon.
03:37Let me go first, kids.
03:38Then the wooden path slides.
03:41How much can I hit you kids?
03:44It's more dangerous.
03:47Wow!
03:50Remember that this June,
03:52there was also a phreatic eruption of Mount Canlaon.
03:55These phreatic eruptions are dangerous
03:57because they are accompanied by what we call ballistic projectiles.
04:02This is what we see when a big chunk of rock is eroding.
04:06Even if it's just a small piece of rock,
04:08when it's eroded by a phreatic or spring-driven eruption,
04:11when it falls to the ground, it's like a bullet.
04:16But the eruption of the volcano this Monday,
04:19which is considered an explosive eruption,
04:22that lasted for almost 4 minutes,
04:25was not more powerful than the previous eruptions.
04:31This eruption was accompanied by what we call pyroclastic density current,
04:36or better known as pyroclastic flow.
04:39This is the mixture of hot volcanic gas, ash, and crushed rocks
04:46that we saw falling.
04:48So the eruption of December 9 was very powerful.
04:51It's dangerous because it has a feedback to the magma under the volcano
04:56that we're still waiting to see what will happen.
05:00The eruption of Mount Canlaon
05:03resulted in a 4-kilometer-long volcanic plume.
05:07This passenger was able to capture the volcanic plume
05:11when his airplane passed by
05:14during the eruption of the volcano.
05:18The towns around the volcano were under Alert Level 3,
05:24which is why thousands of families were evacuated.
05:28In Alert Level 3, we already have a high rate of volcanic eruptions.
05:34This means that the eruption of the volcano
05:37is 100% due to the magma that blocks the eruption of the volcano.
05:44This Thursday, the Civil Defense Western Visayas
05:47was riding a helicopter
05:49to observe the eruption of Mount Canlaon.
05:52We saw that the ash emissions came from the crater
05:56and there was no sign of the crater's edifice collapsing.
06:01The presence of pyroclastic density currents
06:05was also confirmed in the southeastern portion of the volcano.
06:09It's a mixture of volcanic debris, ash, and stones
06:13that were eroded by the volcano.
06:15If it rains heavily,
06:17that's when the volcano will erupt.
06:19It's more dangerous.
06:24Because of the danger of the abyss,
06:27the residents were forced to wear face masks.
06:31Why do you have to wear face masks?
06:33Because it's too smelly.
06:36It's too smelly.
06:38It makes you sick.
06:41It's also a protection for me and my baby.
06:45Why do you have to wet yourselves?
06:47So that the coughs won't affect us.
06:50So that we won't get sick.
06:53Wearing an ashfall that contains sulfur dioxide
06:57can prevent the disease of patients with respiratory infections.
07:03To keep our bodies clean,
07:05we have to wash our hands and wear face masks
07:08to avoid the spread of ashfall or sulfur dioxide.
07:13Because of the cold weather,
07:15the ash that was poured by the volcano
07:17reached the nearby towns of Canluran.
07:20One of the abysses was the town of Bago.
07:25In this drone footage,
07:27you can see the vastness of the ashfall.
07:31The roofs of houses and roads were covered in ash.
07:36The tricycle drivers, while traveling,
07:39were wearing high-heeled clothes to cover their faces
07:44because of the thick fog.
07:46I couldn't see the way to get here.
07:52The ashfall was witnessed by Jonah,
07:56who was busy live-selling his vegetables.
08:00It was hard for me to buy vegetables back then.
08:05The ashfall happened in less than 2 minutes.
08:10It happened so fast.
08:11Because Jonah was caught up in the speed of the events,
08:15he couldn't help but jump
08:17and grab the falling ash from the volcano.
08:21Oh my God, keep safe everyone.
08:23There are so many people.
08:24It was my first time, so I had no idea.
08:27I wanted to touch it to see if it was hot.
08:29It was like a stick.
08:33That's why he immediately alerted his vendors.
08:47I panicked because my stocks were outside.
08:50It's hard to go out.
08:54Will the government allow you to go out?
08:56We will try to fight.
08:58If not, we will give it to them.
09:00A few days after the ashfall,
09:02Jonah's house was covered in ash.
09:06It was covered in ash.
09:08It was painful, especially because it was swollen.
09:11The ash was really thick this morning.
09:14I felt my asthma.
09:16Mother Ruchani, who is a farmer,
09:18left her 2 hectares of land in Baguos City.
09:23Her crops, such as rice, vegetables, and fruits,
09:27were destroyed by the ashfall.
09:31It was a mess.
09:32There was nothing left.
09:33That's our problem, sir.
09:34How can we get it back?
09:35We only have rice.
09:36We are already married.
09:37And for our vegetables, we are also married.
09:39Her left eye also had an additional problem.
09:43It was swollen.
09:44That's why my heart aches.
09:46To the government,
09:48I am asking for your support.
09:50Please give us money
09:53so that we can recover our crops.
09:56Because in this situation,
09:58we really have nothing to do.
10:01I am assured that the city government
10:03will help our farmers
10:05for them to revamp so that they can recover.
10:08A few days after the explosive eruption of Canlaon,
10:13the volcano seemed to have calmed down.
10:15But hundreds of evacuees in the town of La Castellana
10:20were still unable to return to their homes.
10:23Because the movement of the volcano is still being observed.
10:26I was shocked by my situation
10:28because we are not used to it.
10:30We are not used to walking.
10:31We are not used to it.
10:32We are not used to it.
10:33We are not used to it.
10:35We are not used to it.
10:37We are not used to it.
10:38We are not used to it.
10:39We are not used to it.
10:40We are not used to it.
10:41We are not used to it.
10:43Lizelle is worried about her mother, Evangeline,
10:46who was affected by the eruption.
10:48It's hard for me.
10:50I've been crying for two days
10:51because I have a small child.
10:53It's hard for me.
10:54I'm alone.
10:57I don't have a sibling.
10:59I'm alone.
11:02I can't afford to take her to the hospital
11:03because we are poor.
11:05While some of the children are already sick.
11:08My child is sick.
11:10She has a cough and coughs.
11:12We are praying that this will change
11:15so that we can rest here.
11:19What the evacuees need now
11:22is clean drinking water.
11:24What do you use to drink?
11:26We buy it from the store
11:28because it tastes like chlorine.
11:32They were given food packs.
11:35They were given hygiene kits.
11:37If this goes on for another month,
11:39our government will take care of it.
11:42The local government is worried
11:44that the evacuees in the evacuation area
11:46might not be able to make it to Christmas.
11:49We don't have money for Christmas.
11:51My father said it's not important.
11:53What's important is that we can eat.
11:55I'm sick.
11:56I'm alone.
11:57There's no one to help me.
12:00There could be a stronger eruption of the volcano
12:04in the coming days.
12:06It's very dangerous.
12:08The volcano could reach the ground
12:11up to 10 kilometers.
12:13If that happens,
12:15we will raise the alert to alert level 4.
12:19We will evacuate to the 6-kilometer radius area of the volcano.
12:23We will listen to our local government officials
12:27who will make measures
12:29to take care of us.
12:35Even though there are signals,
12:37no one knows
12:39until now
12:41when is the right time
12:43for a volcano to erupt.
12:48As the third most active volcano in the Philippines,
12:52followed by Mayon Volcano and Taal,
12:55the residents near Canlaon
13:01should be on alert
13:03at all times.
13:06Wow!
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