THOUSANDS of people living on the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines
may still be in danger after a botched attempt to drain the lake at its summit
last week. Government officials claimed on Saturday that the risk of the lake
bursting through the crater wall had been averted and local people got the
all-clear to return home. But aid agencies are not convinced the worst is
over.
British charity Oxfam warned in July about the rising level of the lake and
the possibility that millions of tonnes of water and volcanic debris could spew
out onto the town…
