The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the status of Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island to Alert Level 3 after its explosive eruption on 9.

BACOLOD CITY — Mt. Kanlaon on Negros Island again spewed ash on Monday afternoon. The ash reached 50 meters tall from the volcano’s crater at 3:59 p.m. and 50 to 70 meters high at 4:28 p.m., said Mari Andylene Quintia,

Occasional ash emission was still observed from Kanlaon Volcano on Sunday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Monday. In its bulletin, PHIVOLCS said a continuous degassing with occasional ash emission as well as a weak emission of plume of up to 75 meters tall were monitored from the volcano.