Sorsogon province agricultural losses due to the eruptions of Mt. Bulusan on June 5 and 12 have reached at least P13.6 million (€245,000), says the Department of Agriculture in the Bicol region. Mary Grace Rodriguez, chief of field operations division of DA Bicol, said the agency was expecting the figure to increase due to ongoing validation and assessment of the extent of damage. Among the crops damaged and destroyed by the ashes were rice, vegetables, abaca, bitter gourd, squash, watermelon, pepper and bananas from the towns of Juban, Casiguran and Irosin.
On June 5, the volcano spewed steam-rich gray plumes that rose about a kilometer. Ashfall reached several villages in Juban and Irosin. It was followed by another eruption a week later, where ash covered 24 of 25 villages in Juban town and other villages in Casiguran, Magallanes, Castilla and Pilar towns, and Sorsogon City.
Source: newsinfo.inquirer.net
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