Residents cleaned volcanic ash from their cars after the Taal Volcano began erupting in the Philippines on January 12.<br /><br />The volcano spewed thick plumes of ash in the sky forcing more than 8.000 people to be evacuated.<br /><br />Taal is in the Batangas province, around 100km from the centre of Metro Manila, but even there residents felt the effects of falling ash.<br /><br />Clouds of ash in the immediate epicentre stretched 1km into the sky. While authorities raised the alert level, warning that a ‘hazardous eruption’ was possible within weeks. <br /><br />The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology warned residents living nearby of a possible ‘volcanic tsunami’.<br /><br />Flights were suspended at Manila's international airport because of the volcanic ash.<br /><br />Footage shows the effects of the Taal Volcano eruption in the Philippines on January 12 - with a thick layer of ash covering the ground.<br /><br />The volcano spewed thick plumes of ash in the sky forcing more than 8,000 people to be evacuated. <br /><br />Taal is in the Batangas province, around 100km from the centre of Metro Manila, but even there residents felt the effects of falling ash. <br /><br />Clouds of ash in the immediate epicentre stretched 1km into the sky. While authorities raised the alert level, warning that a ‘hazardous eruption’ was possible within weeks. <br /><br />The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology warned residents living nearby of a possible ‘volcanic tsunami’. <br /><br />Flights were suspended at Manila's international airport because of the volcanic ash.
