The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has raised the alert status over Taal Volcano to Alert Level 3 after it generated a kilometer-high phreatomagmatic plume on Thursday, July 1.
My kids were down near Taal a few weeks ago and I warned them to get back to Manila as quick as they could as Taal was getting restless again.
I remember watching a program about a team of volcanologists who died while near a volcano that was popping off, I remember thinking they should have been more clued up on pyroclastic flows.
Yeah they were being driven by a friend of the family, but trying to get into and out of Tagaytay quickly is not always easy.
Yes, pyroclastic flows tens of metres per SECOND https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-dangerous-are-pyroclastic-flows#:~:text=A%20pyroclastic%20flow%20is%20a,their%20high%20temperature%20and%20mobility.
Just been chatting to my mate, english lad manages an office in Manila, he was actually going to vitit Taal this weekend, swerving it now.