Eruptions intensify on Ambae island in Vanuatu

06:05 am on 21 March 2018

Vanuatu's disaster authorities are in emergency mode again amid intensified rumblings from the Ambae volcano. 

It has only been a few months since the island's 11,000 people returned after eruptions and thick ash forced a mass evacuation in late September.

Dominic Godfrey has more.

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An aerial photo of Manaro Voui volcano on 25 September.

An aerial photo of Manaro Voui volcano on 25 September. Photo: AFP / Thomas Boyer