Lava spraying from the Philippines' most active volcano has flowed almost two miles from the crater in an increasingly dangerous eruption.

A powerful typhoon that battered the Philippines on Christmas Day leaving at least four people dead and destroying homes roared over a congested region near Manila on today.

Tens of thousands of villagers evacuated from around the Philippines’ most active volcano are being allowed to return home after scientists gave the all clear.

TENS of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down yesterday on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed more than 420 in four southeast Asian countries.