Kanlaon Volcano emitted ash four times on Sunday, Nov. 15, lasting a combined 241 minutes and causing ashfall in La Carlota City and La Castellana in Negros Occidental, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
The ash emissions occurred at 6:15 a.m. for 67 minutes, 9:08 a.m. for 11 minutes, 9:32 a.m. for 65 minutes, and 10:49 a.m. for 71 minutes, generating plumes up to 900 meters above the crater, said Mari Andylene Quintia, Phivolcs resident volcanologist at the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in La Carlota City.
Thin ashfall was recorded in Barangays La Granja, Ara-al, and San Miguel in La Carlota City, as well as Barangay Robles in La Castellana, Quintia said.
She said that sulfur dioxide emissions and seismic activity at the volcano have increased over the past few days.
This heightened unrest triggered the ash emissions and could potentially lead to an explosive eruption, Quintia warned.*
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