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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Children in the doorway of their dorm, which is actually a classroom, at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: CHRISTIAN JAY NAAG, 4, left, his cousin, ANGELICA DENISE ALUARIN, 10, and Angelica's mother JOSIE ALUARIN, sit next to a candy stand at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: SALVATION MOYA rips reeds she will weave into placemats and table runners to sell to tourists at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. She makes the placemats and table runners at her home and brought her supplies with her to the shelter. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: HILARIA SARALDE uses a spinning wheel to spin cloth she will weave into placemats and table runners to sell to tourists at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. She makes the placemats and table runners at her home and brought her supplies with her to the shelter. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: SONNY SACAYAN cooks green beans with coconut milk at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. She will serve her family some of the food and sell some of it. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: ARLENE NAGA hangs her laundry at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: GEANNY NIPA mends clothes in a tent in a classroom at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. She set up the tent because the roof in the classroom leaks. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A "taho" vender (a sort of Filipino custard made with tofu) sells the snack to evacuees at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Children play ping pong at the Barangay Cabangan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 650 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: LAUGI NUAL, a midwife with a rural health unit takes a girl's blood pressure in the clinic at the Barangay Salugan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 870 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A girl with her daughter waits for a pharmacist in the clinic at the Barangay Salugan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 870 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Evacuees forced out of their homes by the eruption of the Mayon volcano gather around a well at the Barangay Salugan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 870 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A woman bathes her son at a well in the Barangay Salugan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 870 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: CRISTIN SARDALLA, sorts laundry with her infant son, CRIS GIDEON GARRA, 7 months old, at the Barangay Salugan evacuee shelter in a school in Camalig. There are about 870 people living at the shelter. They won't be allowed to move back to their homes until officials determine that Mayon volcano is safe and not likely to erupt. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated from communities on the near the Mayon volcano in Albay province in the Philippines. Most of the evacuees are staying at school in communities outside of the evacuation zone.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2018 - GUINOBATAN, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A woman in an evacuation center in Guinobatan gets her eyes checked during a clinic at the shelter. Several communities in Guinobatan were hit ash falls from the eruptions of the Mayon volcano and many people wore face masks to protect themselves from the ash. There were a series of eruptions on the Mayon volcano near Legazpi Monday. The eruptions started Sunday night and continued through the day. At about midday the volcano sent a plume of ash and smoke towering over Camalig, the largest municipality near the volcano. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) extended the six kilometer danger zone to eight kilometers and raised the alert level from three to four. This is the first time the alert level has been at four since 2009. A level four alert means a "Hazardous Eruption is Imminent" and there is "intense unrest" in the volcano. The Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines. Sunday and Monday's eruptions caused ash falls in several communities but there were no known injuries.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: People evacuated from their homes on the slopes of the Mayon volcano ride in a government truck to an evacuation center. There were a series of eruptions on the Mayon volcano near Legazpi Monday. The eruptions started Sunday night and continued through the day. At about midday the volcano sent a plume of ash and smoke towering over Camalig, the largest municipality near the volcano. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) extended the six kilometer danger zone to eight kilometers and raised the alert level from three to four. This is the first time the alert level has been at four since 2009. A level four alert means a "Hazardous Eruption is Imminent" and there is "intense unrest" in the volcano. The Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines. Sunday and Monday's eruptions caused ash falls in several communities but there were no known injuries.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Newly arrived evacuees from the eruption of the Mayon volcano walk into the Bariw National High School, the evacuation center they've been assigned to. There were a series of eruptions on the Mayon volcano near Legazpi Monday. The eruptions started Sunday night and continued through the day. At about midday the volcano sent a plume of ash and smoke towering over Camalig, the largest municipality near the volcano. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) extended the six kilometer danger zone to eight kilometers and raised the alert level from three to four. This is the first time the alert level has been at four since 2009. A level four alert means a "Hazardous Eruption is Imminent" and there is "intense unrest" in the volcano. The Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines. Sunday and Monday's eruptions caused ash falls in several communities but there were no known injuries.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 JANUARY 2018 - CAMALIG, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: People in the back of a Jeepney in Camalig wait to be taken to an evacuation center. They live near the Mayon volcano and were evacuated because of the volcano's eruption. The Mayon volcano continued to erupt Tuesday, although it was not as active as it was Monday. There were ash falls in communities near the volcano. This is the most active the volcano has been since 2009. Schools in the vicinity of the volcano have been closed and people living in areas affected by ash falls are encouraged to stay indoors, wear a mask and not participate in strenuous activities.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2018 - LIGAO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Evacuees laundry hanging on the outside of a school being used as an evacuation center in Ligao. The Mayon volcano continued to erupt Tuesday night and Wednesday forcing the Albay provincial government to order more evacuations. By Wednesday evening (Philippine time) more than 60,000 people had been evacuated from communities around the volcano to shelters outside of the 8 kilometer danger zone. Additionally, ash falls continued to disrupt life beyond the danger zones. Several airports in the region, including the airport in Legazpi, the busiest airport in the region, are closed indefinitely because of the amount of ash the volcano has thrown into the air.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2018 - LIGAO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: LANIE TAGALO, an evacuee from a community near the Mayon volcano, looks out from the laundry hanging in the school she is temporarily living in in Ligao with 1,849 other people from the volcano. The Mayon volcano continued to erupt Tuesday night and Wednesday forcing the Albay provincial government to order more evacuations. By Wednesday evening (Philippine time) more than 60,000 people had been evacuated from communities around the volcano to shelters outside of the 8 kilometer danger zone. Additionally, ash falls continued to disrupt life beyond the danger zones. Several airports in the region, including the airport in Legazpi, the busiest airport in the region, are closed indefinitely because of the amount of ash the volcano has thrown into the air.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2018 - LIGAO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Evacuees line up for water at an evacuation center in a school in Ligao. The Mayon volcano continued to erupt Tuesday night and Wednesday forcing the Albay provincial government to order more evacuations. By Wednesday evening (Philippine time) more than 60,000 people had been evacuated from communities around the volcano to shelters outside of the 8 kilometer danger zone. Additionally, ash falls continued to disrupt life beyond the danger zones. Several airports in the region, including the airport in Legazpi, the busiest airport in the region, are closed indefinitely because of the amount of ash the volcano has thrown into the air.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2018 - GUINOBATAN, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES:  An evacuee wearing a breathing filter because of the volcanic ash fall picks up a sack of donated supplies at the Barangay Maninila Evacuation Center in Guinobatan East Central School. The Mayon volcano continued to erupt Tuesday night and Wednesday forcing the Albay provincial government to order more evacuations. By Wednesday evening (Philippine time) more than 60,000 people had been evacuated from communities around the volcano to shelters outside of the 8 kilometer danger zone. Additionally, ash falls continued to disrupt life beyond the danger zones. Several airports in the region, including the airport in Legazpi, the busiest airport in the region, are closed indefinitely because of the amount of ash the volcano has thrown into the air.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A man evacuated from his home on the slopes of the Mayon volcano chops firewood next to his temporary shelter in a field in Santo Domingo. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A family in their temporary shelter in a field in Santo Domingo. The family lives on the slopes of the Mayon volcano and was evacuated because of the volcano's recent eruptions. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A man digs a drainage ditch for evacuees from the Mayon Volcano living in tents at Barangay Lidong shelter. The shelter is in school and all of the classrooms are already being used to house evacuees. Recent arrivals are living in tents on the school grounds. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A woman water from a tank for evacuees from the Mayon Volcano living in tents at Barangay Lidong shelter. The shelter is in school and all of the classrooms are already being used to house evacuees. Recent arrivals are living in tents on the school grounds. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: JULIAN BALAGERNO, 23, in her tent in the Barangay Lidong shelter. She is more than 8 months pregnant and expecting to give birth at the shelter. She was evacuated from her home on the slopes of the Mayon Volcano. The shelter is in school and all of the classrooms are already being used to house evacuees. Recent arrivals are living in tents and huts on the school grounds. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2018 - SANTO DOMINGO, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A man picks up saplings he cut to use as tent poles in an impromptu shelter for people evacuated from the slopes of the Mayon volcano. Many evacuees in Santo Domingo are putting up temporary shelters along the Legazpi - Tabaco Road, which runs through Santo Domingo. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. Many people in Santo Domingo, on the north side of the volcano, are sleeping in huts made from bamboo and plastic sheeting. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JANUARY 2018 - GUINOBATAN, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: LENI ROBREDO, the Vice President of the Philippines, visits with families evacuated from the Mayon volcano in their room at the Barangay Maninila Evacuation Center in Guinobatan East Central School. The Mayon volcano continued to erupt Tuesday night and Wednesday forcing the Albay provincial government to order more evacuations. By Wednesday evening (Philippine time) more than 60,000 people had been evacuated from communities around the volcano to shelters outside of the 8 kilometer danger zone. Additionally, ash falls continued to disrupt life beyond the danger zones. Several airports in the region, including the airport in Legazpi, the busiest airport in the region, are closed indefinitely because of the amount of ash the volcano has thrown into the air.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2018 - LEGAZPI, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Girls sleep in a classroom at the evacuation shelter for people from Barangay (community) Matanag in Albay Central School in Legazpi. People from the community have been in the shelter since Mayon volcano started erupting two weeks ago. There are about 500 families at the shelter, around 2,000 people. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from communities around the volcano and are living in shelters and camps outside of the evacuation zone. The Philippine government is preparing to house the people for up to three months.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2018 - LEGAZPI, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: People pray during a Catholic mass for evacuees at the evacuation shelter for people from Barangay (community) Matanag in Albay Central School in Legazpi. People from the community have been in the shelter since Mayon volcano started erupting two weeks ago. There are about 500 families at the shelter, around 2,000 people. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from communities around the volcano and are living in shelters and camps outside of the evacuation zone. The Philippine government is preparing to house the people for up to three months.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2018 - LEGAZPI, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: HAZEL BERMUNDO (center) watches a movie on her laptop with her niece, TRISHA MAE AMARILLE, 6, (left) and nephew, DAVE AMARILLE, 2, at the evacuation shelter for people from Barangay (community) Matanag in Albay Central School in Legazpi. People from the community have been in the shelter since Mayon volcano started erupting two weeks ago. There are about 500 families at the shelter, around 2,000 people. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from communities around the volcano and are living in shelters and camps outside of the evacuation zone. The Philippine government is preparing to house the people for up to three months.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2017 - MALILIPOT, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: A girl who lives on the slopes of the Mayon volcano eats a "champorado," a Filipino sweet of sticky rice, coconut milk and chocolate, provided by the Philippine Red Cross in the shelter in Malilipot. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space. The Philippines is now preparing to house the volcano evacuees for up to three months.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2017 - MALILIPOT, ALBAY, PHILIPPINES: Children who live on the slopes of the Mayon volcano play games organized by Philippine Red Cross in a shelter in Malilipot. The volcano was relatively quiet Friday, but the number of evacuees swelled to nearly 80,000 as people left the side of  the volcano in search of safety. There are nearly 12,000 evacuees in Santo Domingo, one of the communities most impacted by the volcano. The number of evacuees is impacting the availability of shelter space.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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