Residents on Ambae in Vanuatu are living in fear as their island's volcano continues to belch fire and ash.
The Vanuatu Geohazards Department last week upgraded the danger level of the Manaro volcano to alert level 3.
Disaster authorities are considering relocating people in places worst affected by heavy ashfall.
An Ambae community leader on the nearby island of Espiritu Santo, Nadia Kanegai, told Koroi Hawkins she is helping with the relocations and organising relief supplies.
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The volcano on Ambae is belching a plume of smoke and ash. Photo: RNZ / Koroi Hawkins