Taal Volcano in Batangas is known as the second most active volcano in the Philippines after the Mayon Volcano in Albay.

On January 12, 2020 Taal Volcano erupted prompting authorities issued total evacuation of all villagers.

The history of eruption recorded started in 1754, 1911 and 1965. In 1974 shows the worst among all eruptions that lasted up to seven months and brought widespread damages in the area.

In 1911 eruption killed over 1,300 people. The volcano had not erupted for more than a half century until 1965 that Taal Volcano spew lava again. PHIVOLCS recorded ash fall of 20 kilometers high. The base surge crossed the lake that caused more than 360 people died.

When the volcano erupted, it spewed out big rocks. People trying to escape were hit by the rocks.

The common scenarios during the explosion in 1754 and 1911 were also happened during the explosion in 1965. There were earthquakes, pyroclastic flows that plagued the towns around Taal Volcano. There was also recorded tsunami and base surges that hit the seashore villages that killed at least 1,500 people caused by the eruption. This is how important people should know what happen in the past eruptions for the future safety measure.

Taal Volcano is also described as the large river of fire.

In an episode of Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho (KMJS), Jessica Soho featured Taal Volcano documentary after the explosion in January 12, 2020. The video went viral online with more than 202k reactions and 6.8k comments.

The documentary video credit to to KMJS Facebook page.

Watch video documentary here:

Attached also here is the video report from ABS-CBN YouTube channel.