Kanlaon erupts; ashfall hits 40 Negros villages

BACOLOD CITY – Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island erupted on Thursday afternoon, generating some 2,000 meters of plume above its crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The “moderately explosive eruption,” which occurred at 4:39 p.m. and lasted for two minutes, was followed by a sustained 40-minute ash emission, according to Phivolcs