Residents use plastic bags to shield themselves from ash mixed with rainwater as Taal Volcano erupts on January 12, 2020 in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines. Local authorities have begun evacuating residents near Taal Volcano as it began spewing ash up to a kilometer high Sunday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of of Volcanology and Seismology has raised the alert level to three out of five, warning of the volcano's continued “magmatic unrest”. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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