Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
JANUARY 30, 1911
Taal Volcano erupted killing around 1,500 people with seven barangays completely wiped out.
Post mortem examination of the victims indicate that all had died of scalding by hot steam or hot mud, or both.
The effects of the blast reached the west shore of the lake destroying a number of villages.
Hundreds of cattle died while crops suffered from ash deposits that fell to a depth of almost half an inch in places near the lakeshore.
When the fan-shaped black cloud spread, it created a downward blast that forced hot steam and gases down the slopes of the crater bringing a shower of hot mud and sand.
Taal Volcano, the second most active volcano in the Philippines is located in the province of Batangas.
It comprises an island in Lake Taal, known as Volcano Island and is situated within a caldera formed by an earlier powerful eruption.
The island consists of overlapping cones and craters.
The volcano has erupted many times in the past with 34 recorded eruptions since 1572 and has cost lives in the areas surrounding the lake.
The latest Taal Volcano eruption was on January 12, 2020 with an eruption plume 1-kilometer high.
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