LOOK: A day after the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, close by residents harvest their crops and greens to stop the destruction that will consequence from the ashfall. | through Ferdinand Edralin / AFP
CEBU CITY, Philippines – No have to panic.
Whereas the presence of sulfur dioxide has been detected in a number of areas within the Visayas following Mount Kanlaon’s eruption, the air right here remained secure for respiratory.
The state climate bureau made this clarification after studies of harmful ranges of sulfur dioxide and sulfur dioxide haze in Cebu went viral.
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Sulfur dioxide is predicted within the air after volcanic eruptions, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Companies Administration in Mactan (Pagasa-Mactan) stated on Wednesday, June 5.
However in Cebu, its focus on the floor stage has not reached harmful ranges, stated Joseph Merlas, climate specialist at Pagasa-Mactan.
Moreover, the cloudy skies Cebu skilled since Monday had been resulting from localized thunderstorms and never due to ‘sulfur dioxide haze.’
“Excellent news unhappy kay usually truthful climate man ta so walay kusog nga hangin unya ang hangin nato kay sa southwest and southeast so palayo siya sa Cebu Metropolis space,” Merlas stated.
Two days after the eruption of Mount Kanlaon, pictures of what regarded like thick concentrations of sulfur dioxide over Visayas and Mindanao went viral on social media.
The photographs had been captured from an open-access climate monitoring instrument, and confirmed a deep, pink formation hovering over the Visayas and Mindanao on June 4 and June 5.
In line with Merlas, meteorological monitoring platforms have nuances in presenting real-time information or data. Because of this ought to they be shared with out correct session from specialists, these could solely mislead the general public.
Within the case of sulfur dioxide’s presence in Cebu, the pictures probably confirmed the whole focus of sulfur dioxide in all ranges of the environment.
The environment has at the very least 5 ranges.
“Naa tay makita nga baga nga sulfur dioxide medyo hadlok sa nagtan-aw however (kaning mga climate monitoring instruments) whole column or focus (sa sulfur dioxide) of the environment ilahang ipakita. Not essentially sa floor,” defined Merlas.
Alternatively, Pagasa-Mactan, which additionally coated your complete Visayas, strongly suggested residents close to Kanlaon to put on masks and keep indoors as focus of sulfur dioxide is stronger in these areas.
Exterior Negros, like in Cebu, they instructed these with respiratory issues and co-morbidities to do the identical.
Sulfur dioxide
Since its phreatic eruption final June 3, Kanlaon has been emitting tons of of tons of sulfur dioxide – a colorless fuel pollutant – into the air every single day.
The very best recorded was 4,113 tonnes, primarily based on the most recent advisory from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Publicity to excessive ranges of sulfur dioxide can result in dangerous results on the lungs, based on the American Lung Affiliation. Signs could embody wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness.
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