Huge crack cuts through road to Taal Lake in Batangas

A huge crack that cut through a road in Barangay San Teodoro in Agoncillo, Batangas could be seen from far away, photos from a tweet by GMA News' Raffy Tima showed.

The crack visibly missed a couple of buildings on its way to Taal Lake.

"The mouth of Pansipit River at Taal Lake and the Pansipit River Valley, one of the areas being closely monitored by PHIVOLCS because of the appearance of fissures," Tima said in his tweet.

The mouth of Pansipit River at Taal Lake and the Pansipit River Valley, one of the areas being closedly monitored by @phivolcs_dost because of the appearance of fissures. In Brgy San Teodoro, Agoncillo a huge crack that cut through a road is visible all the way to the lake. pic.twitter.com/7RAFsLX7Ln

— Raffy Tima (@raffytima) January 17, 2020

Fissures have begun to appear on the grounds of areas within the given 14-kilometer danger around Taal Volcano after its eruption on Sunday.

In its Friday bulletin, PHIVOLCS said that the existing cracks on the ground in the towns of Lemery, Agoncillo, Talisay, and San Nicolas in Batangas have widened by a few centimeters.

A total of 17,555 families or 77,438 people were recorded to have been affected in Batangas, Laguna, and Cavite while a total of 15,047 families or 66,262 people were taken to temporary shelters in 283 evacuation centers. — Joahna Lei Casilao/RSJ, GMA News