PHILIPPINES Taal Volcano Alert Level 3 Snapshot As of 09 July 2021
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PHILIPPINES Taal Volcano Alert Level 3 Snapshot As of 09 July 2021 Maragondon Cabuyao City TAALVictoria VOLCANIC ACTIVITY TIMELINE Alert level Silang LAGUNA With Alert Level 3 on, Indang danger zone in the 7-km City of Calamba Amadeo radius of Taal volcano has Mendez 14km been declared. Should the On 1 July, alert level was raised to 3 As of July 9, Taal danger zone Los Baños after a short-lived phreatomagmatic Volcano is still 3 Bay Alert increase to 4, this plume, 1 km-high occured showing signs of Magallanes will likely be extended to Calauan magmatic unrest Taal Volcano continues to spew high levels of sulfur dioxide 14-km as with 2020 Alfonso Talisay Santo and steam rich plumes, including volcanic earthquakes, in the CAVITE Tagaytay City Tomaseruption, which will drive Nasugbu past days. While alert level 3 remains over the volcano, 7km the number of displaced. 1 JULY 3 JULY 5 JULY 7 JULY volcanologists warn that an eruption is imminent but may not danger zone At the peak of 2020 HEIGHT be as explosive as the 2020 event. Local authorities have City of Tanauan eruption some 290,000 (IN METERS) started identifying more evacuation sites to ensure adherence people were displaced in 3K to health and safety protocols. Plans are also underway for the Laurel 500 evacuation centers or Sulfur transfer of COVID-19 patients under quarantine to temporary Alaminos dioxide Lowest since were staying with friends San Pablo City facilities in other areas, while vaccination sites will also be Malvar (SO2) 1 July at 5.3K Tuy and relatives. moved outside of the danger zones to ensure continued emissions tonnes/day Evacuated Balete services. Taal areas Dolores The latest report of theLian Department of Social Welfare and Volcano Highest level of BATANGAS SO2 emissions at Development (DSWD) shows that at least 7,000 people are Calaca Mataasnakahoy 22.6K tonnes/day 2K displaced across Batangas provinceBalayan of which 3,690 are in 22 Agoncillo evacuation centers while the rest are in home-based settings. Tiaong Lipa City Lemery San Nicolas Taal Lake Cuenca Manila PEOPLE DISPLACED 7K San Antonio Calatagan 1K Taal Santa Teresita San Jose Padre Garcia Phreato- Alitagtag 6X Balayan Bay magmatic eruptions 3.7K 3.3K San Luis Ibaan San Pascual 3X PEOPLE INSIDE ECs PEOPLE OUTSIDE ECs Rosario 5X 0 Bauan Maragondon Evacuation centre locations* Active cases around volcano (per municipality) COVID-19 IN AREA San Juan Batangas City Taysan totalMabini cases in Tagaytay City Presence General Cavite, Laguna, and Batangas 174K 51 cases of magmatic Emilio Lobo unrest Aguinaldo Daily cases (in Cavite, Laguna, and Batangas) Volcanic 60 Magallanes 1500 earth- Lipa City 7-day quakes 123 cases 40 1000 moving per day average *One EC location is in 500 20 Alfonso Nasugbu and is not displayed here 0 1 Mar 1 Jul 30 JUN Nasugbu 8 JULY BATANGAS BATANGAS The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Sources: DSWD, DOH, UP, PHIVOLCS, PSA Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int.