🌋 34 years ago… On June 15, 1991, Mt. Pinatubo unleashed its fury in a cataclysmic eruption that shook Southeast Asia and reverberated around the world. Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption was one of the largest and most violent volcanic events in world history. 👦🏻 As a little kid, I had a unique perspective on the impact of Pinatubo’s cataclysmic eruption. Accompanying my dad and grandma in rescue and relief operations, I witnessed first-hand the aftermath and the immense challenges faced by our communi

MOUNT PINATUBO ERUPTION IN 1991 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. Its eruptive history was unknown to most before the pre-eruption volcanic activities of 1991, just before June. Pinatubo was heavily eroded, inconspicuous and obscured from view. It was covered with dense forests which supported a population of sever