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Close to 36,000 persons evacuated due to Taal eruption —OCD


A total of 35,945 persons or 7,730 families have been temporarily displaced and evacuated in centers from 27 cities and municipalities of Batangas following the Taal Volcano eruption, according to the Office of Civil Defense in Region IV-A on Monday.

"As of 2345H 13 January 2020, a total of 7,730 families with 35,945 persons
are in 130 evacuation centers from 27 cities and municipalities of Batangas
Province," OCD IV-A said in its report to the Camp Aguinaldo-based National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

The OCD IV-A said the information came from the Local Disaster Risk Management Office (LDRMO).

 

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There are no reported casualties from the eruption so far, it added.

The volcano's alert status has remained at Alert level 4 after it entered a periof of "intense unrest beginning with phreatic or stea-driven activity in several points inside the main crater" at 1:00 p.m. of January 12 that progressed into magmatic eruption at 02:49  a.m.to 04:28  a.m. of January 13.

According to the NDRRMC, a total of 144 volcanic earthquakes were recorded in the Taal region as of 1 a.m. Monday.  Forty-four of these earthquakes were felt with intensities ranging from I to IV in Tagaytay City, Alitagtag, Sto. Tomas and Lemery in Batangas.

Classes in all levels in the entire Batangas province, several cities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces in the south remained suspended on January 14 to ensure the safety of students.

At past 11 p.m. Monday, a dzBB report said that the Tagaytay-Talisay Road was reoened to the public. —LDF/KBK, GMA News

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