MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he will put a cap on Taal Volcano’s crater after it was placed under Alert Level 3 and released a one-kilometer-high “dark phreatomagmatic plume.”
“Not necessarily. Dumaan man kami kanina, konti lang, siguro lagyan ko lang ng cap, ‘yung butas,” Duterte said in jest during the inauguration of the Light Rail Transit 2 East Extension Project when asked if he will preside a command conference on Taal’s unrest.
(Not necessarily. We passed by earlier, there were only a few, maybe I’ll just put a cap on its crater.)
According to state volcanologists, raising Taal’s status to Alert Level 3…
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