The Taal volcano is an active volcano located in Luzon, Philippines. It is known as the smallest active volcano in the world with 47 craters. On the 12th of January 2020, this volcano started to produce dark smoke that caused huge damage for the people who live near the volcano. The PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) informed that the alert level of this volcano had increased rapidly from level 1 reaching the alert level 4 which was quite alarming because it may cause surges and earthquakes.
Since I was born and raised in the Philippines, this news has alarmed me because this volcano is located near my hometown in the Philippines. This natural phenomenon totally destroyed the community near the volcano leaving nothing but ashes. Thousands of families had their homes ruined and filled with ashes. It has been very interesting for me on how they will be able to cope with this kind of tragedy. This issue has been very interesting for every Filipino in the world because it has been over 40 years since the last time it erupted.
This news created a huge impact on the community and to the entire nation because of the ashfalls that has reached several towns in the Philippines, covering their homes with ashes. But most of all, thousands of families who live in the community near the area of the volcano were the ones who got the huge impact because this tragedy ruined everything leaving, nothing but ashes. Aside from destroying homes, it also killed thousands of animals that were used for business like horse-back riding. This tragedy left nothing but ashes and the memories of yesterday.
Due to this, there are a lot of things that I realized. First of all, we should always be prepared because we never know what will happen next. Also, I thought about how those families who were affected by the tragedy will be able to move forward and start all over again.
Reference:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/03/20/taal-volcano-emits-plumes-new-earthquakes-signify-magmatic-activity-phivolcs
Wow Jenica, this is so interesting! I had no idea that this had even happened. It is shocking to hear that another natural disaster has ruined the life of many. I wonder if there hasn't been much reporting on this because of other major news articles like Corona Virus? Although, I knew about Kobe Bryant and had no knowledge of this - a bit of a concern really.
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