(this is barely being reported on by western news btw. why talk about natural disasters when we could talk about british royal family drama)

What’s happened as of January 14th:

“The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has since raised the alert for Taal to level 4 which means a ‘hazardous eruption’ is possible within days or hours.”

On January 13th, Taal shot lava into the air for an hour and a half, reaching hights of half a mile, along with static lighting and giant clouds of ash

Taal has had 50 volcanic earthquakes within a period of 8 hours

Buildings close to Taal have collapsed under the weight of ash

The “calamity zone” is everywhere within a 9 mile radius of the volcano. 560,000 people live in this zone and only 30,000 have evacuated.

It’s in the middle of a huge lake (as you can see in the pictures), and an eruption could trigger a tsunami