MANILA—State volcanologists on Saturday said steam plumes recently rising out of Taal Volcano were caused by the "upwelling of hot volcanic fluids" in its crater, and warned that the volcano still remained unstable.
The video accompanying the tweet showed a cloud of white steam being emitted from the volcano crater between 6:44 a.m. and 6:50 a.m. on Saturday. "Upwelling of hot volcanic fluids at the Main Crater Lake has been observed to form steam plumes, vertical jets and even water spouts when cool air or rainwater is upon the lake surface," Phivolcs explained.While there have been no volcanic quakes recorded in the past 24 hours, according to Phivolcs, "elevated unrest" has been recurring and its condition remain unstable.
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