People photograph the Taal volcano from Tagaytay, southwest of Manila. Photo: AFP

This Week in Asia / Health & Environment

Taal volcano eruption: lava, lightning and a ‘hazardous explosion within hours’, but for some Filipinos, an eerie calm

Volcano experts warn a ‘hazardous explosive eruption’ is imminent and could force more than 200,000 to flee
Tens of thousands have already been evacuated and one death reported, though some are taking matters in stride

Topic | Taal Volcano

Alan Robles

Published: 10:05pm, 13 Jan, 2020

Updated: 3:10pm, 14 Jan, 2020

People photograph the Taal volcano from Tagaytay, southwest of Manila. Photo: AFP

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Alan Robles

Alan Robles has been a journalist for more than 30 years and has written for the SCMP since 2002. A freelance foreign correspondent specialising in politics, development, foreign affairs, science, environment and IT, he has a humour column at abs-cbnnews.com and runs the political satire site hotmanila.ph. He lectured for 12 years on digital media at the Internationales Institut fuer Journalismus in Berlin.