This archive report was first published on 13 January 2020.
Published on January 13, 2020, Philippine officials appealed to desperate residents who were evacuated from towns endangered by the erupting Taal Volcano not to return to their homes due to the risk of a hazardous eruption.
Thousands of villagers were evacuated within hours after the volcano's sudden escalation of activity on Sunday, with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology warning of an imminent
