Alert Level 3 remains hoisted over Kanlaon Volcano Thursday following 2 ash emission events in the last 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

Phivolcs said it recorded 2 ash emissions lasting 1 to 9 minutes long, with an ash plume 300 meters tall. Sulfur dioxide flux of 2,574 tons was recorded Wednesday, with continuous degassing and occasional ash emissions drifting northwest.

Phivolcs said it recorded 3 volcanic earthquakes in the past 24 hours. The volcano’s edifice remains inflated.

Authorities have recommended the evacuation of all residents within a 6-kilometer radius of the volcano’s summit due to possible sudden explosive eruption, ash fall, rock fall or lava flow.  Phivolcs has also recommended a no-fly zone close to the volcano. 

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr earlier said the government will be establishing a task force led by the Office of the Civil Defense on the government’s long-term response to the effects of the eruption of Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island.