Kanlaon Volcano erupted Monday afternoon, December 9 prompting authorities to raise its status to Alert Level 3, indicating heightened volcanic unrest.

Kanlaon Volcano erupted on Monday afternoon, prompting state volcanologists to raise the alert level to 3, which indicates magmatic unrest. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that the restive volcano,

The Philippines' Kanlaon volcano erupted for nearly four minutes, shooting ash 2.5 miles into the sky and prompting the emergency evacuation of some 87,000 people.

The Philippine authorities ordered nearly 90,000 people to evacuate after a volcano on the central island of Negros erupted, spewing a two-mile-high plume of deadly ash, lava and large rocks. The volcano,

Kanlaon Volcanoerupts on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9, prompting state volcanologists to raise the alert level to 3, which indicates magmatic unrest.

Footage shows a massive cloud of gas and smoke rising from Mount Kanlaon, sparking panic among residents as it erupted. Footage shows the worrying eruption that also caused ash to fall on surrounding homes in Negros Occidental province,

Nearly 87,000 people in the Philippines have been ordered to leave their homes immediately following the strongest eruption of Mount Kanlaon in recent years. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Tuesday directed everyone living within a 10km radius of the volcano to move out to safer areas.