Philippine volcano spews ash plume into the sky, prompting school closures

Mount Kanlaon in Central Philippines Erupts, Sending Ash Miles into the Sky

Kanlaon erupts; third big blast since 2024

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The skies turned dark early Tuesday, as a large plume of ash and debris was ejected from the crater of Mt. Kanlaon on Negros Island followed by what looked like pockets of fire on its slopes. This was how Mayor Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan of La Castellana, Negros Occidental, the […]...Keep on reading: Kanlaon erupts; third big blast since 2024

The Kanlaon volcano in the central Philippines erupted on Tuesday morning. The ejected cloud of volcanic gases and dust reached a height of up to four kilometers. Over the next few hours, the advancing plume will shade the sun and slightly lower temperatures up to several dozen kilometers from the eruption site. The surrounding villages will be polluted with fine ash.

Kanlaon Volcano eruption in the Philippines today sends ash miles into the air

The area around Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines was still under evacuation orders from an eruption in December​.

Philippine volcano shoots 4km of ash into sky

A volcano in the central Philippines erupted yesterday, ejecting an ash-laden plume reaching around 4,000 meters high, the seismology agency said. School classes were suspended in four villages due to ashfall, officials said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, or Phivolcs, said...

A 4000-meter-high ash column testifies to the force of the eruption in the Philippines. The Kanlaon is considered to be the most active volcano in the central Philippines.