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The document summarizes the impacts of eruptions from five historically active volcanoes in the Philippines - Pinatubo, Taal, Mayon, Bulusan, and Kanlaon. Eruptions from these volcanoes have resulted in pyroclastic flows and surges that destroyed vegetation and structures; ashfall that buried communities; and lahars triggered by rain that destroyed bridges and buried houses. The 1991 eruption of Pinatubo turned slopes into gray desert and displaced people, while eruptions of Taal, Mayon and Kanlaon have caused deaths from ashfall, ballistic projectiles and pyroclastic flows over the years.

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The document summarizes the impacts of eruptions from five historically active volcanoes in the Philippines - Pinatubo, Taal, Mayon, Bulusan, and Kanlaon. Eruptions from these volcanoes have resulted in pyroclastic flows and surges that destroyed vegetation and structures; ashfall that buried communities; and lahars triggered by rain that destroyed bridges and buried houses. The 1991 eruption of Pinatubo turned slopes into gray desert and displaced people, while eruptions of Taal, Mayon and Kanlaon have caused deaths from ashfall, ballistic projectiles and pyroclastic flows over the years.

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SH1639

Philippine Volcanic Eruptions

GROUP DESCRIBE IMPACTS BASED


ACTIVE VOLCANIC
ON MATERIALS
VOLCANOES HAZARDS
RESEARCHED
1991 eruption
• Pyroclastic flow
• The volcano slope turned into gray desert,
• Ashfall
vegetation was covered and destroyed, the Aetas
• Lahars (lahar
were displaced
occurrences
• Roof of houses collapsed, killing people in
Pinatubo continued to be a
Zambales
problem for the
• Flights cancelled succeeding 5 years
• • During the rainy season weeks or months after after the 1991
June eruption, houses were buried, bridges eruption)
destroyed
1754, 1911, 1965 • Ashfall/ tephra fall
• Ash covered the communities on the island as well • Pyroclastic flow
Taal
as those nearby • Lava flow (1968-
• The whole island was devastated 1969)
1814,1984, 1993, 2000-2001,
2014
• Sudden phreatic explosion killed some
tourists/hikers
1993 • Ballistic projectiles
• About 70 people mostly tending their vegetable • Ashfall
Mayon farms were killed • Pryoplastic flows
1984 • Lahars
• A Typhoon brought heavy rains that caused lahars to • Lava flow
be generated and buried communities near a river
• Areas covered by molten lava flows have been
rendered useless and could not be used for farming
anymore
Bulusan Small eruptions caused ashfall Ashfall

Reference:
CHED. (n.d.). Different types of volcanic hazards. Retrieved from
http://teachtogether.chedk12.com/teaching_guides/view/337 on March 8, 2017.

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