Taal Volcano in the Philippines exploded again last week. It also erupted on Jan. 15, 2020. The volcano was still spewing smoke when we had lunch there one month after the eruption.
It’s the smallest volcano in the world. The volcano’s mouth is the one protruding from the lake. Can you see it ?
Photo below was taken in 2014 .
About 100, 000 were evacuated before the eruption last week.
The eruption last year destroyed large banana, coffee, pineapple, and flower farms. On a positive note, it will make the land around the volcano very, very fertile.
Once again, volcanic ash will envelop Manila.
The Philippines is a country the size of California ( actually, smaller ) but has 300 volcanoes, 53 of which are active. It belongs to the Pacific Ring of Fire, and its volcanoes rank as the most deadly and costly in the world. Nice.
The biggest eruption in 20th century also happened in the Philippines in 1991. ___Mt.Pinatubo’s. It was the only eruption that penetrated the stratosphere____ and lowered the earth’s temperature by .5 C.
When it comes to natural disasters, the Philippines is truly a favorite punching bag of nature. It has only 2 seasons____ wet and dry____ Wet is from June to November. The country is visited by at least 20 typhoons every year, with at least 5 being very destructive. Typhoon Yolanda ( Haiyan ) in 2013 was the most destructive so far. It was a Super Typhoon that was off the charts. A 220 km/hour or 135 miles/hr. is a Super Typhoon , a category 5 storm. Yolanda was 195 miles/hour or 312 km/hr.
The Philippines is said to be “the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms. ”
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Posted by francisashis on July 7, 2021 at 1:28 am
Love the beautiful photographs.Thank you very much.Take care.🌹🙏😊
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 6:20 am
Thank you. Take care as well. Cheers !
Posted by francisashis on July 7, 2021 at 6:46 am
My pleasure.🌹😊🙏
Posted by nighatriaz on July 7, 2021 at 1:29 am
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Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:11 am
I did. Cheers !
Posted by nighatriaz on July 7, 2021 at 12:22 pm
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Posted by Washe Koda on July 7, 2021 at 2:17 am
I miss Subic Bay US Navy base in 1976 Then the Volcano’s ashed it out 🌄🌋 in the 80’s 😢
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 2:22 am
I think Mt.Pinatubo
s eruption happened in 1991. Manila, which is farther away than Subic got about an inch of ash, day turned to night, and visibility was zero. I cannot imagine what the situation was in Subic.
Posted by Washe Koda on July 7, 2021 at 11:21 am
Mount Pinatubo in ’91 wow 😢
Posted by Krystallina on July 7, 2021 at 2:32 am
I’m from the Midwest, and just having one typhoon/hurricane hit just boggles my mind since trees go down and power goes out and all that just from 50 mph gusts. But to have that many… just wow. Just amazing how powerful and destructive nature can be.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 2:39 am
Krytallina, I witnessed it myself when I was there in 2014 August. And it was just a mini typhoon, but the sound of the storm was so scary. It kept me awake all night. And the power outage lasted a week. That’s why candles are so important in the Philippines, lol. We were there on vacation, so one week was wasted. We couldn’t go anywhere. But I noticed Filipinos just shrugged it off. It is what it is, I guess ?
Posted by Krystallina on July 7, 2021 at 9:41 pm
Wow! I mean, we have our weather quirks in the Midwest, but for me, that’s one thing I’d never want to get used to.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 8, 2021 at 8:07 pm
No one can ever get used to natural disasters, but for a country that bears the brunt of disasters at least 20x a year, believe me, they’ve gotten used to it. I saw it myself____ after that scary storm , I was amazed to see our neighbors picking off the debris , sweeping, etc, the whole morning, by afternoon, the streets looked like the storm never happened.
Posted by Krystallina on July 8, 2021 at 10:07 pm
Wow, I feel exhausted and annoyed when I have to pick up the small-to-medium size branches after a thunderstorm!
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 2:59 am
But we have tornadoes here in the US, especially in the Midwest.
Posted by ledrakenoir on July 7, 2021 at 9:31 am
When one has seen a volcanic eruption at relatively close range – it is a “weird thought” – to understand it by the time becomes fertile land. Was in Iceland a few weeks ago and saw active outbursts and heard the same thing about how it rurns by time. Up there, the devastation isn’t like the ones you mention – there it’s mostly damaging roads.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:18 am
It is weird, isn’t it ? I guess the eruption in Iceland is slow, slow slow burn like the one in Hawaii.
Posted by ledrakenoir on July 7, 2021 at 12:25 pm
Yes it’s so weird to see. You’re right, the icelandic eruptions are slow, mostly, some years ago there was an eruption which made huge volcano cloud. So all planes in western Europe were cancelled and grounded. But mostly the icelandic eruptions are both slow and not much airborne. Besides many of them are close to the Atlantic Sea with extremely rapid violent cooling as a result.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 12:30 pm
Mt. Pinatubo and Taal Volcanoes are like that of Mt.Vesuvios in Italy….. they volcanoes spew out pyroclastic ash that will kill, then bury everuthing in its path, like what happened in Pompeii, Italy.
Posted by allenjambalaya on July 7, 2021 at 10:48 am
Hello Ren. (It’s actually weird to call you Ren because I am now called Ren here in Japan lol). It’s been a while. I think I have a picture of the volcano when I was starting blogging in WordPress. Even if I moved, I am still covered by the Ring of Fire and typhoons too. Take care!
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:15 am
I know why you’re Ren in Japan, ha ha. Allen= Aren =Ren.
When it comes to earthquakes, the Philippines bows to Japan.
How are you ? Do you still update your blogsite ?
Posted by allenjambalaya on July 7, 2021 at 11:18 am
Hello! Yes, if I feel like writing a long post I do dump in my blog. Speaking of natural disasters, I actually just received an emergency message for senior citizens living here to evacuate because of strong rains and possible landslide.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:19 am
It’s exactly 4:19 AM here in California. What time is it in Japan ?
Posted by allenjambalaya on July 7, 2021 at 11:21 am
It’s now 8:22 PM, July 7, 2021. It’s Tanabata today. Hehehe
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:20 am
I saw the landslide on YouTube_____ Whoa.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:23 am
It’s now 4:23 AM, July 7, 2021.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 11:23 am
What is Tanabata ?
Posted by allenjambalaya on July 7, 2021 at 11:27 am
It’s about Altair and Vega/Orihime Hikoboshi. A love story of two persons who can only meet once a year when the milky way /river is visible. Something like that. It’s like a Star Festival where kids write in a paper and hand or post it in bamboo decorations.
Posted by renxkyoko on July 7, 2021 at 12:23 pm
‘kay. I heard about that. In manga, I mean. LOL