Some 6,346 residents were evacuated on Sunday as Taal Volcano in Batangas erupted, sending a one-kilometer plume of ash into the air, and spawning an ashfall that reached as far as Metro Manila.
Mark Timbal, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesman, said while they were still waiting for exact figures from authorities on the ground, evacuations had been enforced in three Batangas towns — San Nicolas, Balete and Talisay — which are all near the volcano.
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