The Philippines' Kanlaon volcano erupted for nearly four minutes, shooting ash 2.5 miles into the sky and prompting the emergency evacuation of some 87,000 people.

A volcano in the central Philippines experienced an "explosive eruption" on Monday, prompting officials to call for evacuations as plumes of smoke and ash billowed thousands of feet into the sky.

The Philippines on Sunday ordered local government units to complete the evacuation of people within the six-km danger zone around Mount Kanlaon volcano by Monday amid rising activity.

Kanlaon Volcano continues its volatile activity, spewing grayish ash plumes captured in dramatic time-lapse footage this afternoon. Between 3:30 p.m. and 4:35 p.m., the summit crater emitted ash that rose 300 meters before drifting southwest,

The Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island spewed ash 300 meters above its crater in the afternoon of Christmas Day, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). According to Phivolcs in an advisory,