A rare Rafflesia speciosa has been discovered blooming inside the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park in the Philippines, offering a symbol of nature's resilience amidst ongoing volcanic activity.

The Negros Occidental provincial government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Negros Island Region (DENR-NIR) have agreed to rehabilitate 547 hectares of forest land in the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park.

A moderately explosive eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Sunday night triggered forest and grassland fires covering an estimated 65 hectares and caused ashfall and a sulfuric odor across 90 barangays in Negros.