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Special budget eyed for Taal evacuees

Death toll rises to 4; classes on all levels in Batangas remain suspended
By tLts0il oUlSM0Rl0, Batangas Gov. Hermilando Man-- man,sland.,,
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2nd distric,t Rep. Ioey raal volcano is underAlert Level.4 provincesofBatangas, caviteand rag;a
A lly salceda has urged authorities said the biggestthallenge could consider offJring portions
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displaced by the eruption oftaal voi- cenl5. erupdon ofTaat volcano. '
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cano and nowbeing housed in various _- "Yung mga tao dyan alagaan mo universities can decide on
evacuation centers in Batangas. para walang dahilan bumalik lsa dan- theirown to a]lowthe use of their open
T\^/o of the evacuees dieiin rheir zoneljTak: good care ofthe people spacesastransienterracuationcenteB _
temporary shelters, as Alert r,"u"L ^gfJ
remains hoisted in the areas utouna
i ITI P {Tttothey won't have a reasol ifnecessary and wh"." iu*iut" *6t"
the danger zone),,' said the government is finding -
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continue_to swell due to the imminent ramllres an€ nasa evacuation cen_ rwe cannorrelax
vet,
threat of hazardous gr{tion of Taal tert Dapn-t-budgetan po kaagad yan the nhilippine lnitituie
of volca-
volcano. il :g
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out of nolgy and Seiimology (phivolcs) is stil
During the early hdurs of saturday, the NDRRIVIC {National Disasrer qi5k evdluating if the w#liis
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F€lina 'i Reduction and over for taa
de Roxas, 52, complained Management Counc'il): volcano
chest p-ain whiie doing taynary at
ttre H^g-:lt:l *
rc:haring ng rnga LGUs Although the activiry of TaaJ
vol-
s,anAntonio Elementary School in san (rocal gov€mment u!its). (Right now, cano seemed to have
died down in the
Pascual town,-Batangas. mere are 22'ooo families in evacuation pastweelafterits
eruption lastJanuary
shewas taken to'ihe st. pascar de Th: ocD unter the ruonnruc iz, phtoj.. t..tiu ro'Jiiiuiuu
Baylon Hospital but suffered ildde; f:ll:lt
a budget plan for ir..They scen€rios, inctuaing
porritr"
car-diac death. Based on ttr.
:1""]q:r:ate a eruption ffir
-
o"iiii should talk about sharing responsibility for the restive
volcaio.
ceftificate, De Roxas had a history of among LGUs), " he said. "r.roong mgi unang araw nandoon
hypertension and asthma. ' salceda,whochairstheHousecom- y,.o,g i-tnil"ni
a-f"-r'r,g!"g
.,^_9n::turdayev:ning,BennyMen- f$::.:l_w."y:gdr,i"ans,suggesteda ngmasmalakinge"ruili.ili;;;;
"r.urut"
doza, To,.reportedly died ofi tteutt llY,blSg."tof F5oo foreach displaced scenario na nut iti*ti",. iso o, *"r,
attack inside an evacuarion center in sa u54 eruption. uakikij natin na
Alfonso, cavite. -- :T*YlET"*,Flthego!€rffnenr
would need to spend hr million a day p*g naotugp*
n" ,vo g**g
Mendoza, who is from Baransav for t}le evacuees until such time thal ""
Ban!€ga_in Agoncillo, Batangas, fri Alert Level4 is lowered. /e7T PAG€ PLf-
among those who sought refuge in vermanmt evacuation centers
A.llonso, cavite, when Taal Voliano -, Deputy speaker and camarines Sur
erupted on Ianuary tz. 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has
The death ofthe two evac- reiterated his proposal for the creaqion of
-
ueesbrought to four the num- )$- Oermanentevamationcentersfordisaster
di .
ber oflocal residents who victims as over 2oo temporarv shelteE
have in Batantas, cavite, andtaguna set up
as a result of the vo[;;,r;;ffii-"
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*,: drigo Duterte declared Taal island as a '(no
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scenario ng 1911. So kailangan natin i- sion beneath the Taal eclifice, wtrich may lagay sa mapana nasa loob ng 14-kilometer
evaluate yung mga possibilities. (There lead to flfther eruptive activityr'l Phivolcs radius mula sa Taal Main Crater at along sa
was an irnrninent danger of escalation said. Pansipit River Valley, " he said.
into a bigger eruption during the filst Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum, Jr. Contingency plans
few days. This was the scenario thal said Tagaytay Ridge, although insidg the The Archdioclese of Lipa in Batangas
we have obsewed in the 1911 and even danger zone, is not considered a high-risk has prepared contingenry plans in case ofa
in the 1754 eruption of Taal Volcano. area due to its high elevation, and will not major Taal volcano eruption or in the event
we observed that we may alreadyhave be direct$ affected by volcanic hazards its restiv€ state is prolonged.
passed the 1911 scenario. So, we need such as base surge and volcanic tsunami He 'rwe are preparing contingency plans in
to e\nluate all possibilities)," phivolcs said based on their mapping, not all areas case of a major eruption or if its restiveness
Volcano Monitoring and Eruption insidethedangerzoneneedtoe oatebut prolongs. We also have recovery programs
Prediction Division chief Ma. Antonia only those identified in the hazard maps as well ag rehabilitation programs for
Bornas said. developed by Phivolcs. calamity survivors,'r said Rev. Fr. Jayson
(rAng
"There is a possibility tllat at a pe- mga lugar na ini-rekomenda Siapco of the Lipa Archdiocesan Social
rlod of acquiescence, after a period of natin for a totai evacuation ay ang Taal Action Commission (I,ASAC ) over Church-
time, an eruption could occur again," Volcano Island at high-risk areas na naka- run Radio Veritas.
she added.
Phivolcs observed that Taal Vol-
cano's activity particularly in its main
crater in the past 24 hours has been
characterized by steady steam emis-
sion and infrequent weak explosions
that generated white to dirty-white
ash plumes about 5oO to 1,OOO meters
tall and dispersed ash southwest of the
main crater.
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission was
measured at an avenge of L,442 tonsl
daywhich remains high.
A total of 691 volcanic earthquakes
since 1 p.m. of January rz have been
recorded, 17 5 of these have magnitudes
of rz to 4.1 and were felt at intensities
ItoV-
From 5 a.m. last Saturday until 5
a.m. Sunday, there were 25 volcanic
earttlquakes plotted, registered at mag-
nitudes L3 to 2.7 with one felt event at
intensity I.
r(For the past 24
hours, the Taal
Volcano Network, which can record
small earthqualres undetectable by the
Philippine seismic network, recorded
787 volcanic eartlquakes including 15
low-f requency earthquakes.
'(Surh intense seismic activity likely
signifies continuous magmatic intru-