This town's Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) has clarified that the circulating video and picture on social media of rocks that were found floating in Taal Lake are not related to the alert level of the volcano. Residents and tourists have expressed fear that the floating rocks might eventually lead to an eruption. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday, Angeline Cabrera, Administrative Aide I of Talisay MDRRMO, said the Phivolcs Taal Volcano Observatory confirmed that the buoyant rocks are called "scoria" or things from previous volcanic eruptions. 'Those rocks on Facebook are old materials, they are not related to the Taal volcano. This was brought by the flood in Taal Lake,' Cabrera said. The MDRRMO said it is also possible that there are individuals who recently dug up or built structures near the lake. Meanwhile, in her message to the PNA, Dr. Amor Banuelos Calayan, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said personnel from her office were already on their way to Taal Lake to conduct an on-site inspection. According to an advisory from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Wednesday, Taal Volcano remains at low-level unrest or Alert Level 1, where possible hazards can still occur including steam-driven or gas-driven (phreatic) explosion and volcanic earthquakes.
Source: Philippines News Agency
