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Memory of Pinatubo Wrath Preserved in Pampanga
Memory of Pinatubo Wrath Preserved in Pampanga
How could they forget the terrifying moments when the bright, rainy afternoon of June 15, 1991, suddenly turned into a very dark night and mud rained down from the sky? How could they forget how the subsequent lahar flows buried densely populated communities in a blink of an eye? This was the primary reason why the Center for Kapampangan Studies at the Holy Angel University (HAU) in Angeles City decided to establish a Pinatubo Museum in 2016.
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Published at 2021-07-03 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Environment, History
Tags: Kapampangan, Pampanga, Pinatubo, Volcano, river
Pinatubo's Unrest Stirs Fear in Town Worst-hit by Lahar in 1991 Eruption
Pinatubo's Unrest Stirs Fear in Town Worst-hit by Lahar in 1991 Eruption
According to Phivolcs, at least 1,722 “imperceptible,” or not easily noticed earthquakes, have occurred beneath the Pinatubo edifice since Jan. 20. Some of the earthquakes from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26 ranged between magnitude 1 and 2.5 at depths of 15 to 28 kilometers, it said.

But state volcanologists said these seismic activities were not signs of an imminent eruption.
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Published at 2021-03-11 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Communities, Environment, History
Tags: Pampanga, Pinatubo, Volcano
Mount Pinatubo (Volcano)
Mount Pinatubo (Volcano)
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains, located on the tripoint boundary of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga, all in Central Luzon on the northern island of Luzon.
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Published at 2020-09-19 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Luzon, Pinatubo, Volcano
Ocean Uptake of Carbon Dioxide Could Drop as Carbon Emissions Are Cut
Ocean Uptake of Carbon Dioxide Could Drop as Carbon Emissions Are Cut
Volcanic eruptions and human-caused changes to the atmosphere strongly influence the rate at which the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, says a new study. The ocean is so sensitive to changes such as declining greenhouse gas emissions that it immediately responds by taking up less carbon dioxide.
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Published at 2020-06-04 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Entertainment, Fauna and flora, Opinion
Tags: Global, Pinatubo, climate
Lake Pinatubo
Lake Pinatubo
Lake Pinatubo (Filipino: Lawa ng Pinatubo) is the summit crater lake of Mount Pinatubo formed after its climactic eruption on June 15, 1991. The lake is located in Botolan, Zambales, near the boundaries of Pampanga and Tarlac provinces in the Philippines and is the deepest lake in the country at 600 m (2,000 ft). It is about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the capital city of Manila.
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Published at 2018-02-16 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Pinatubo, crater lake