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Bulusan Volcano status raised to Alert Level 1: Phivolcs

Bulusan Volcano status raised to Alert Level 1: Phivolcs

Rowegie Abanto,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Oct 12, 2022 08:32 PM PHT

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Mt. Bulusan
View of Mt. Bulusan on June 6, 2022 from Juban, Sorsogon affected by the phreatic eruption. Photo courtesy of 9th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office/File

MANILA — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday raised Alert Level 1 over the Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon.

Phivolcs said it upgraded Bulusan's alert level to 1 from 0 due to its "state of low-level unrest."

The Bulusan Volcano Network has recorded 126 weak and shallow volcanic earthquakes since early Tuesday, Phivolcs said in its 3 p.m. bulletin.

It said it also observed other unrest parameters, including ground deformation, increased volcanic carbon dioxide concentrations, and on-ground reports of sulfurous odor emissions.

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Under Alert 1, the public is prohibited from entering Bulusan's 4-kilometer-radius permanent danger zone.

Vigilance should also be observed in the 2-kilometer extended danger zone "due to the increased possibilities of sudden and hazardous phreatic eruptions," Phivolcs said.

"People living within valleys and along river/stream channels especially on the southeast, southwest, and northwest sector of the edifice should be vigilant against sediment-laden stream flows and lahars in the event of heavy and prolonged rainfall should a phreatic eruption occur," it added.

State volcanologists on Oct. 7 noted an increase in activity at the Bulusan Volcano. On that day, Alert Level 2 was raised over Mayon Volcano in neighboring Albay province.

The Phivolcs uses a 5-level alert system for volcanoes.

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Bulusan last erupted in June this year.

In a statement posted on his Twitter account, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured that the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and other government agencies are ready to secure everyone's safety following the raising of the alert status.

"Ating pinapayuhan ang mga residente na malapit sa Mt. Bulusan na lalong mag-ingat ngayong itinaas na sa Alert Level 1 ang sitwasyon," the president said.

(We advise residents near Mt. Bulusan to be extra careful now that Alert Level 1 has been hoisted.)

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