The 2020 Taal volcano eruption. The Taal volcano crater filled with the Taal lake in Luzon, Batangas Philippines. With 33 eruptions, it is the second most active volcano in the Philippines. It last erupted on the 12th of January 2020, 43 years from the last eruption in 1997.
In the past few weeks of the first month of 2020 many people who lived around the area have evacuated from their homes to avoid the eruption. They didn't have even have enough time to pack their stuff and they had to stay in separate little tents connected with each other without roofs in a huge gymnasium. They all had to wear masks to not inhale in the ash fall. Though they try to cope with holding a contest of "Best Dressed up in 'Unsuitable' donated clothes at volcano evacuation centre" and off course praying.
Most of the citizens who lived around the volcano are now evacuated. Every single one of their buildings has now collapsed and the whole place is covered in grey ash from the volcano. People lived around the volcano because of the rich land, fishing from the lake and the tourists that visit to make a living. It will take a while to rebuild the community.
This disaster made me feel anxious and concerned because my family lives in the area close by where the Taal volcano erupted.
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