Ua hū ka mauna ʻo Kanlaon ma waena o Philippines i kēia lā, ua hōʻike ka Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
Ua ʻōlelo ke poʻo o ka māhele mākaʻikaʻi lua pele a me ka wānana ʻana i ka pele, i loko o kahi ninaninau lekiō "ke hana ʻia nei kahi pele pahū i kēia manawa ma ka puka makani piko o Kanlaon, i hoʻomaka i ka hola 5:51 i kēia lā."
Ma kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma hope mai, ua ʻōlelo ka institute e "hoʻopuka ka pele i ka lehu nui ma kahi o 4,000 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, e neʻe ana i ke komohana hema."
Hoʻohui ʻia, ua ʻike ka institute "ua kahe nā kahawai pyroclastic density i nā pali ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka lua pele."
Ua kaʻana like ka institute a me nā mea hoʻohana pūnaewele i nā wikiō e hōʻike ana i ka pele o ka lua pele, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu i ka nui o ka lehu a me ke kinoea.
ʻOiai ka pele, ua koho ke kula ʻaʻole e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka pae makaʻala o ka lua pele. Ua mālama ka lua pele ʻo Kanlaon i ke kūlana makaʻala pae 3 mai kona pele hope ʻana i Dekemaba o ka makahiki i hala.
Hōʻike ka ʻĀkau 3 i ka makaʻala e ʻike ana ka lua pele i ka haunaele magmatic, e hōʻike ana e piʻi ana ka pelemaka i ka ʻili. Hoʻonui kēia ʻano i ka lua pele weliweli, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hanana pahū, nā kahe pele, a me nā au o ka pyroclastic density.
ʻO Kanlaon, aia ma waena o nā panalāʻau o Negros Oriental a me Negros Occidental ma ka mokupuni ʻo Negros, aia ma waena o nā lua pele ʻoi loa he 24 ma Philippines.