ASHFALL. Parts of uptown Canlaon City, including Barangay Mabigo, are blanketed in dark gray ashfall following the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano.

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Phivolcs has classified Kanlaon Volcano under Alert Level 2 or moderate unrest

CEBU, Philippines – Ashfall blanketed parts of the Negros Island Region and Cebu on Thursday morning, July 9, after a moderate eruption was reported at the Kanlaon Volcano.

According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the three-minute eruption triggered a dark gray plume 2 to 3 kilometers high and spread pyroclastic density currents on Kanlaon’s southeastern slopes.