PHILIPPINES

Taal Volcano Eruption Snapshot As of 21 Jan 2020

Alert level-4 (hazardous eruption imminent) was raised

by The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Maragondon
Cabuyao City
Seismology (PHIVOLCS) over Taal Volcano after a
General Silang
phreatic or steam-driven activity on 12 January that Manila
Emilio
Indang
Amadeo
City of Calamba
progressed into magmatic eruption on 13 January. Aguinaldo
Magallanes Los Baños
The eruption caused a large ash plume that rained
ashfall in Batangas, Laguna, Cavite and Metro Manila.
Mendez
A number of fissures (cracks) were reported mostly in the south-west of
the main crater. PHIVOLCS strongly recommended total evacuation of Alfonso
Tagaytay City Talisay
people within the high-risk areas inside the 14-km radius from the Taal Nasugbu
Volcano crater. Two weeks after the eruption, government, civil society City of Tanauan
organizations and volunteers continued to provide assistance to people Santo Tomas
displaced in the evacuation centres.

271K $63M
Laurel
San Nicolas
Al
Malvar
Tuy 14km
AFFECTED DAMAGE TO danger
AGRICULTURE (US$) Taal Balete
POPULATION zone
Lian Volcano

148.5K Summary of agricultural damages

Fisheries 49.8%
Balayan
Calaca
Agoncillo
Taal Lake
Mataasnakahoy

PEOPLE INSIDE
EVACUATION Pineapple 16.4 Lipa City
CENTRES
Coffee 11.2 Lemery

497
Coconut 5.8 Cuenca

Banana 4.3 Calatagan

Taal
EVACUATION Santa Teresita San Jose
Padre Ga
CENTRES Others 12.5
Alitagtag

Balayan Bay
Alert level Ashfall plume San Luis

4
(as of 5:50PM, 12 Jan 2020)
Hazardous eruption is Ibaan
San Pascual
possible within days
Bauan

No. of people inside

evacuation centres Taysa
Batangas City
100 500 1000 Mabini

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Sources: NDRRMC, DSWD, DA, PHIVOLCS, PSA, PSWDO Batangas, PDRRMO Batangas, JMA Feedback: ochaphilippines@un.org www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int