Taal spews ash, plumes in minor blast

LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas province experienced a minor phreatomagmatic eruption that lasted for four minutes early Tuesday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The eruption, which occurred at 5:58 a.m., produced a grayish plume that rose 2,800 meters above Taal Volcano Island, locally known as “Pulo,”