STILL RESTIVE Volcanic smog or “vog” envelops Taal Volcano in Batangas province in this file photo taken at 3:30 p.m. from Tagaytay City in Cavite on Sept. 9, 2024. —PHOTO COURTESY OF SHIELA TAN
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Taal Volcano in Batangas province continued to show increased sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, although volcanic activity remained generally low, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, June 20.
In its daily monitoring bulletin, Phivolcs reported that Taal Volcano’s Main Crater emitted 692 metric tons of sulfur dioxide over the past 24 hours. The volcanic plume rose approximately 750 meters before drifting southwest.
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