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Poor Villagers Risk Their Lives in Danger Zone as Philippines’ Most Active Volcano Erupts

CALBAYOG, Philippines (AP) – Delfina Guiwan’s heart was pounding as she snuck back to her village, now abandoned and eerily quiet, in the fertile foothills of gently erupting Mayon volcano in the northeastern Philippines. When patrolling police spotted her, they …

Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Jolts Greek Island of Crete

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday, two weeks and a day after another temblor killed a man and damaged hundreds of buildings. The Geodynamic Institute in Athens said the undersea earthquake …