Fear, suffering strike evacuees as Mayon restiveness continues

LEGAZPI: The renewed restiveness of Mayon volcano has struck fear and brought new suffering to some 13,000 people who have had to flee their homes located within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius, threatening to displace thousands more as lava poured from the volcano's crater.

Marilyn Miranda said she, her daughter and 75-year-old mother, who recently suffered a stroke, fled their home in a village within the danger zone in Guinobatan town on Thursday and sought shelter at a sweltering high school turned into an evacuation center. Her nephew returns to their home each day, as do other men in their impoverished rural neighborhood to guard their houses and farm animals, she said.