A strong explosion took place from the volcano’s summit crater at 03:03 PM today.
The eruption generated a grey-to-black copious ash plume that released tephra material to estimated 5,4 km altitude propagating west-southwest.
In addition, the event triggered strong how avalanches (so-called pyroclastic flow) racing down the southeastern slope of the edifice.
Therefore, the local volcano observatory raised the alert level for the volcano to Level 3.
Source: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology volcano activity update 9 December 2024
An explosive eruption occurred at the summit vent of Kanlaon Volcano at 3:03 PM today, 9 December 2024. The eruption produced a voluminous plume that rapidly rose to 3,000 meters above the vent and drifted west-southwest. Pyroclastic density currents or PDCs descended the slopes… pic.twitter.com/EFNFDzRHEe
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