A small volcano in the Philippines has erupted sending a 1.5 kilometre plume of ash into the sky, as more than a thousand residents are evacuated.

The volcano lies around 70 kilometres south of the nation’s capital of Manila with authorities raising the alert level to three on the five-point scale.

There are concerns further eruptions are possible due to a so-called magmatic intrusion at the main crater.

The initial explosion was triggered by magma in the shallow part of the crater interacting with water.

The volcano is one of the world’s smallest but no less deadly.

An eruption in 1911 killed more than 1,300 people . In 2020 a similar explosion forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate.

As wildfires increase, the socioeconomic consequences will be devastating

With wildfires right around the world continuing to increase in prevalence, the socioeconomic fallout will likely be disastrous.

In a new study, researchers take a closer look at where fires are most likely to occur in years to come – predicting they will increasingly burn agricultural areas and harm populations.

The escalating climate crisis coupled with land-use change will see a 30% increase in extreme wildfires by 2050.

A so-called 13 Earth system models the atmosphere, ocean, sea, ice and land surface.

While the models show a smaller increase of carbon released by wildfires, socioeconomic factors had a greater increase.

During the 2020 Australian bushfire season, a series of major wildfires burned large areas killing at least 33 people and costing the economy billions.

As many countries face a “more flammable future” governments should expect to foot more and more of these disaster bills.