A minor phreatomagmatic eruption at Taal Volcano’s Main Crater occurred at 5:58 AM on December 3, 2024, sending a dark plume 2,800 meters into the sky before drifting west-southwest. The four-minute event left traces of ashfall in Agoncillo and Laurel,

On December 3, 2024, in Talisay, Batangas, Philippines, @Melvin G. Ibañez shared a video showing large grayish plumes rising from Taal Volcano. The phenomenon is suspected to be a phreatomagmatic eruption.

A large volcano eruption in the Philippines sent a plume of ash and gases up to three kilometers (1.8 miles) high following a powerful blast that sent villagers fleeing to emergency shelters.