A resident walking along a park covered in volcanic-ash at a town near Taal volcano in Tagaytay, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Sunday (Jan 19). The government will no longer allow villagers to return to a crater-studded island where an erupting Taal volcano lies, warning that living there would be "like having a gun pointed at you". - AP
TAGAYTAY: Philippine officials said on Sunday (Jan 19) the government will no longer allow villagers to return to a crater-studded island where an erupting volcano lies, warning that living there would be "like having a gun pointed at you."
Taal volcano has simmered with smaller ash ejections in recent days after erupting on Jan 12 with a gigantic plume of steam and ash that drifted northward and reached Manila, the capital, about 66km (40 miles) away. While the volcano remains dangerous, with large numbers of local villagers encamped in emergency shelters, officials have begun discussing post-eruption recovery.
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