The Philippines' Kanlaon volcano erupted for nearly four minutes, shooting ash 2.5 miles into the sky and prompting the emergency evacuation of some 87,000 people.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in the latest explosion of Mount Kanlaon, on central Negros island, but it prompted authorities to immediately shut schools and impose an overnight curfew.

A volcano in the central Philippines erupted for a second time this year, prompting emergency evacuations after it spewed a huge of column of ash into the sky, authorities said on Monday.

The Philippines' Kanlaon volcano erupted for nearly four minutes, shooting ash 2.5 miles into the sky and prompting the emergency evacuation of some 87,000 people.

The Philippine authorities ordered nearly 90,000 people to evacuate after a volcano on the central island of Negros erupted, spewing a two-mile-high plume of deadly ash, lava and large rocks. The volcano,

Drone footage shows a Philippine town covered in ash after a volcanic eruption:: Philippine Red Cross:: December 10, 2024:: Negros Occidental Province, PhilippinesMt. Kanlaon, an active volcano straddling the Southeast Asian country's central provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental,

About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes.

Approximately 87,000 residents are being evacuated in the central Philippines following Mount Kanlaon's eruption on Negros island. The volcano released a massive ash plume and deadly gas streams, raising its alert level to indicate a risk of more severe eruptions.