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Minor Taal Volcano eruption prompts evacuation in Agoncillo, Batangas

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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a minor phreatomagmatic eruption at Taal Volcano's main crater at 6:06 p.m. on Thursday, The Manila Times reported. GMA News said the five-minute eruption sent black smoke 4,000 meters high, with Alert Level 1 kept. Agoncillo Mayor Cinderella Valenton-Reyes led the evacuation of residents near the volcano, as thin ashfall was expected in Agoncillo, Lemery, San Nicolas and Taal.

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