Mass evacuations in Philippines as Mayon volcano rumbles and threatens eruption.

More than 6,000 villagers have been evacuated from rural communities within a six-kilometre radius of the Mayon volcano's crater in northeastern Albay province in the Philippines, with thousands more needing to be moved to safety from the permanent danger zone amid another threat: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon. The Philippines lies along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an area around the ocean rim where tectonic plates meet, that is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.