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Taal Volcano had an eruption today, January 12, 2020, 43 years after its previous major one.

As of 04:00 PM, PHIVOLCS raised the alert status of Taal Volcano from Alert Level 2 (Increasing Unrest) to Alert Level 3 (Magmatic Unrest).

TAAL VOLCANO BULLETIN (UPDATE)
12 January 2020
04:00 PM

This serves as notice for the raising of the alert status of Taal from Alert Level 2 (increasing unrest) to Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest).

DOST-PHIVOLCS pic.twitter.com/v6v5kCPadg

-- PHIVOLCS-DOST (@phivolcs_dost) Enero 12, 2020

Online, celebrities posted their own photos and tweets to spread awareness about the said eruption.

Dingdong Dantes snapped a photo of the smoke all the way from Indang, Cavite.

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Indang, Cavite. 7kms from Tagaytay road.

A post shared by Dingdong Dantes (@dongdantes) on Jan 12, 2020 at 12:05am PST

Anne Curtis tweeted out a prayer to keep everyone safe.

Praying the taal volcano eruption doesn't cause too much damage and all locals are safe from harm. 🙏🏼

-- Anne Curtis-Smith (@annecurtissmith) Enero 12, 2020

Beauty Queen Maker Jonas Gaffud narrated his first-hand experience when the volcano erupted just as he was taking a photo in Taal.

"Posing then suddenly it erupted! I thought it was just thunder. I did not see the news this morning that 6,000 residents were evacuated this morning. I heard someone on the radio telling someone to stop the tours to the volcano. Time to eat and run."

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Posing then suddenly it erupted! 🔥 I thought it was just thunder. I did not see the news this morning that 6,000 residents were evacuated this morning. I heard someone on the radio telling someone to stop the tours to the volcano. Time to eat and run 🏃🏻 #taalvolcano #phreaticeruption

A post shared by Jonas Antonio Gaffud (@jonasempire.ph) on Jan 12, 2020 at 12:00am PST