MANILA, Jan 13 — Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital today as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes around Taal,...
Residents living near the errupting Taal Volcano evacuate in Agoncillo, Batangas City, Philippines January 13, 2020. — Reuters pic
“The speed of escalation of Taal's volcanic activity caught us by surprise,” Maria Antonia Bornas, chief science research specialist at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology told reporters. “It's a once in a lifetime experience for us,” Israeli tourist Benny Borenstein told Reuters as he snapped photos of Taal from a vantage point in Tagaytay City, about 32 km away.
Streets that would normally be snarled with some of the world's worst traffic were largely empty in the city of 13 million people.
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