Kinumpirma ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) na nagbuga ng volcanic smog ang ‘upwelling’ ng mainit na ‘volcanic fluids’ sa main crater lake ng bulkang Taal bukod pa sa naitalang 3,355 tonelada ng asupre, batay sa 24 oras na pagmamanman ng ahensya.
Nagbuga rin ng 2.4 kilometrong taas ng abo ang bulkang Taal na napadpad patungong hilaga-hilagang kanluran.
Dahil dito, ilang paaralan ang nagsuspinde na ng mga klase sa lahat ng antas sa CALABARZON ngayong Lunes, Agosto 19.
Narito ang listahan ng mga eskwelahan na nagdeklara ng walang pasok:
– Las Piñas City (All levels, Public and Private)
– Muntinlupa City (All levels, Public and Private)
– Trece Martires City, Cavite (starting 12 nn, all levels)
– Santa Rosa, Laguna (in-person classes, all levels)
– Silang, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Dasmariñas City, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Indang, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Magallanes, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Alfonso, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Mendez-Nuñez, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Maragondon, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Amadeo, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Carmona, Cavite (All levels, Public and Private)
– Pasay City (in-person classes, all levels, public and private)