Metro Manila, Philippines – State volcanologists raised the alert status of Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon to Alert Level 1 after erupting on early Monday morning, April 28.
Alert Level 1 means that “the volcano is currently in a state of low-level unrest with chances of phreatic eruptions succeeding this morning’s event,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a bulletin.
Phivolcs warned the public not to enter the four-kilometer radius danger zone.
“[V]igilance in the 2-kilometer Extended Danger Zone (EDZ) on the southeast sector must be exercised due to the possible impacts of volcanic hazards such as PDCs (pyroclastic density currents), ballistic projectiles, rockfall, avalanches and ashfall on these danger areas,” it said.
Phivolcs confirmed reports of ashfall in the villages of Cogon and Bolos in Irosin, and communities of Puting Sapa, Guruyan, Buraburan, and Tulatula Sir in Juban.
In Juban, local authorities shared photos of thick ashfall covering their roads.
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