The area around Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines was still under evacuation orders from an eruption in December​.

Videos posted on social media show a wide, grey plume billowing high into the air as startled residents look on

A powerful eruption of Mount Kanlaon in the central Philippines on Monday sent ash and hot gases soaring nearly 2 miles into the sky, prompting evacuations, school closures and a curfew in surrounding areas.