(Eagle News) –Thirty-nine earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, was a plume that reached up to 3000 meters.
PHIVOLCS said sulfur dioxide flux was at 5299 tons on July 5.
PHIVOLCS reiterated its recommendation for a ban on the entry into Taal Volcano island and the high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel.
It also reiterated that aircraft should refrain from flying near the volcano.
Earlier, PHIVOLCS raised the alert level over Taal from alert level 2 after a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption.
Several residents were also evacuated from areas near the volcano.