MANILA, Philippines — The sulfur dioxide (SO2) from Taal Volcano has reached Metro Manila and neighboring provinces, the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) said on Wednesday.
“The DOST-Phivolcs stands to acknowledge evidence of the actual wider extents that volcanic SO2 have actually spread over NCR (National Captial Region) and adjoining provinces and gives credence to the many observations that the public have communicated,” Phivolcs said in a statement.
“Our Institute had initially negated these observations due to the lack of substantiating evidence on our part,” the agency added.
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