![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf1.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/cfa313d6-8dc8-41b8-90e6-e12890cc0c7a_rw_3840.jpg?h=fe6b204c4f2a9359765b8ded8230aaf1)
Photo of Kalvin Sumagui by Cris Lacorte
Distant Disaster
by Kalvin Ave M. Sumagui
An eruption was only a story once told by a generation of the Sumagui family. That generation survived a past eruption of Taal Volcano in 1965, and now the 2020 eruption that was also a silent bomber.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/0ca4cbad-d1a8-4465-8883-53173974b4f8_rw_1920.jpg?h=8342d69951cd73660a2e457969d340b3)
Looking towards the direction of the volcano from a rooftop over 60km away, only a shadowy blanket of darkness could be seen. It could be distinctly identified by the lightning flashing through.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/bfd0dc28-6689-4ab7-81e0-c953fbd329e1_rw_3840.jpg?h=76c1416e37eea756f2126eadcd8de447)
A day after the muddy rain, the drive home from Manila to Indang was a dusty rally.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf4.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/f14a9dde-c751-440f-bc1c-bbbe715c8f95_rw_3840.jpg?h=e6abad5bddba57b31fd8f3a4b261e7eb)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/b97a6db0-5872-490a-ba63-a6ab240b3dc4_rw_3840.jpg?h=29a09165e087aea1d1a6b7a71c9d416c)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/0f1e3ff1-d51e-463b-959a-e5561df22df8_rw_3840.jpg?h=93d7a052b889638a663ac5f41a5bc62b)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf4.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/ff46c903-fd5f-4848-9ad5-643f4c432b9b_rw_3840.jpg?h=92e9bb0820b940fd6271ff01a8523584)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/8ae8188a-2625-4c78-a04d-23d41aa51697_rw_3840.jpg?h=6e928f1d37367a40dd48f879694ac5db)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/7f2ca525-5d66-4792-8147-5e2e2f8c4381_rw_3840.jpg?h=e1197b1ad3b80b66f3f4ae9d26827312)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf4.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/51d87f2a-4f16-4dc1-b31d-b5e932e649cd_rw_3840.jpg?h=e873e48af5374059c1d8706ad8941ab7)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf1.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/97106662-4843-42c5-904d-0ae757c37487_rw_1920.jpg?h=ca4935a83508f3f36a195ba6ffb6632b)
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf4.myportfolio.com/7c6dab2550cf0ffab28bc4030c02ac1c/5a51da30-1401-4852-8046-813fc8abc498_rw_3840.jpg?h=02816262770f2a9790125be3b4b65ca1)