Volcano evacuation villagers return to find food

The eruption of a Vanuatu volcano eased slightly today, but the plight of thousands of villagers who fled to temporary evacuation centres did not, as they returned to their deserted gardens to forage for food.

A vulcanologist, Morris Harrison, said that seismograph readings today “show that the activity is dropping a bit” on the South Pacific island nation’s Mount Manaro, but that it was still “trembling constantly”.