Mayon Volcano Displaces Students and Villagers in the Philippines for Months

Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting Mayon volcano in the Philippines and taken shelter in schools, disrupting education for thousands of students, many of whom are having classes in chapels and tents or under trees. The evacuees were directed to more than 20 emergency shelters, which are mostly grade and high school campuses. About 80% of the affected students are continuing their daily school lessons through an emergency system in which parents teach their children at home or elsewhere using school-provided “learning modules.” The eruption could drag on for months and cause a prolonged humanitarian crisis, officials warned.