Di Manila, sebuah gunung berapi Taal Volcano telah meletuskan debu sehingga penduduk setempat dan pelancong telah meninggalkan kawasan itu untuk menyelamatkan diri masing-masing. Susulan daripada kejadian itu, kebanyakan pengguna media sosial telah berkongsi video dan foto di laman Twitter yang menyaksikan insiden cemas itu.

‘Please keep safe’

In the Philippines, Taal Volcano has errupted and it’s now under alert #4, a warning that a hazardous explosive eruption is possible anytime. To my fellow PH oomfs, pls keep safe and if you’re experiencing ashfall as well pls don’t forget to wear a mask ??pic.twitter.com/sRbX7DvtRD

— DADDEH ? (@vminggukx) January 12, 2020

Menerusi video yang berdurasi 0:56 saat yang dikongsikan pengguna Twitter, memaparkan gumpalan debu di ruangan udara yang ‘dimuntahkan’ akibat dariapada letusan gunung berapi itu. Gumpalan debu yang tebal itu sekaligus turut meninggalkan kesan buruk terhadap kesihatan penduduk di kawasan tersebut. Dalam pada itu, orang ramai turut dinasihatkan supaya menjaga kesihatan masing-masing dengan memakai mask setiap kali ingin keluar rumah.

‘Fast escalation’

Streaks of lightning blazed through columns of ashes amid #TaalVolcano eruption as seen from Nasugbu, Batangas on Sunday evening. Photo from Domcar Lagto, ABS-CBN News pic.twitter.com/e3Rh5wDOzb

— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) January 12, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines has sent an eruption plume a kilometer above the crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology says. The agency says the volcano is showing a "fast escalation" in activity and could erupt lava within weeks. https://t.co/XWpgQ4ARCf pic.twitter.com/E35f35WYW1

— CNN (@CNN) January 12, 2020

Menurut Ketua Institut Volkanologi Dan Seismologi Filipina, Renato Solidum berkata keadaan itu memungkinkan gunung berapi Taal di Wilayah Batangas meletus dalam tempoh beberapa hari jika pergerakan magma ke arah kawah Taal berterusan.

Letusan berlaku

Snapshots of Taal volcano eruption.

Keep safe everyone. ?? pic.twitter.com/xgUjs1ZXhX

— shuajo (@joshibob_) January 12, 2020

BREAKING: Steam driven eruptions point toward “a hazardous explosive eruption” of the Taal Volcano, located about 40 miles south of Manila, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in an advisory Sunday, recommending a total evacuation

?: @alaymagno pic.twitter.com/slpoBPQ65e

— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) January 12, 2020

Pekan dipenuhi debu

Here are apocalyptic scenes following the eruption of the Philippines' Taal Volcano https://t.co/QiQCWpBIYF pic.twitter.com/gQhX474ZVC

— Bloomberg (@business) January 13, 2020

WATCH: Towns covered in ash as eruption intensifies at Taal Volcano in the Philippines pic.twitter.com/ruguXncPmE

— BNO News (@BNONews) January 13, 2020

Sumber: Daddeh, ABSCBN News, CNN, Shuajo, Bloomberg, BNO News, Astro Awani