PHOTONEWS: Tall Volcano Still For Full Eruption – Aftermath Scenario

Image captionEven birds have been blanketed by ashfall

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TAAL LAKE LIVELIHOOD A fisherman in Mataas na Kahoy town, Batangas province, uses a perch made of bamboo poles to scan the waters of Taal Lake for tilapia that he will catch using an improvised spear gun. Some residents in lakeshore villages in the town went about their activities on Monday morning despite Taal Volcano’s steam-driven eruption that started on Sunday. —CLIFFORD NUÑEZ

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MAN, BEAST AND ASH A farmer in Laurel, Batangas, takes his carabao to safer ground as Taal Volcano spews ash. Below, a coconut plantation in the town has become a landscape of gray following an ashfall. —PHOTOS BY NIÑO JESUS ORBETA AND RICHARD A. REYES

INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

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taal horses

Photo by Maricar Cinco

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Photo by Maricar Cinco

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Photo by Maricar Cinco

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Photo by Maricar Cinco

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Photo by Maricar Cinco

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A resident cleans mud and ash from his car
Image captionCars, buildings and roads have been left covered in ash
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Families flee their homes as the Agoncillo town in Batangas turns into an ash-filled ghost town on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, due to the eruption of the Taal Volcano.
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Residents walk along a road covered in volcanic ash from Taal Volcano's eruption on January 13, 2020 in Lemery, Batangas province, PhilippinesImage copyrightGETTY IMAGES

Ash fell on several areas nearby with residents advised to wear masks. One resident in metro Manila said shops had begun to run out of masks.

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Aerial shot shows an ash-covered community in Talisay, Batangas where thousands have been evacuated following a phreatic explosion at the main crater of Taal Volcano the other day. / Russell Palma, Miguel De Guzman

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People in Manila wear face masks as supplies run out in many stores and in nearby provinces in the south. / Edd Gumban

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Libu-libong mga papaalis na pasahero ang du­magsa sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport matapos ianunsyo ang partial operation nito makaraang itigil ang operasyon dahil sa pagputok ng Taal Volcano.
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Sumugod ang marami sa medical supplies store na ito sa Bambang, Maynila para bumili ng face mask na sinasabing nagkaubusan na matapos pumutok ang bulkan.
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Dahil dito, sinasabing delikado ang mga lungsod na ‘yan sa mga may bronchitis, emphysema o asthma.
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A man points at the ashfall that covered a car in Langgam, San Pedro, Laguna on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, as Taal Volcano spewed plumes and rock fragments to nearby areas.

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