Cracks in a building on Vanuatu's Ambrym Island Photo: Facebook / YUMI TOKTOK STRET
Six hundred and eighty-five people on the Vanuatu island of Ambrym have been ordered to relocate to safe zones as the island's volcano continues to erupt.
Earthquakes triggered by the eruption have ruptured the ground, including one that opened in the middle of a village.
The national disaster office says there are so far no plans to relocate people to other islands.
Vanuatu's Council of Ministers has approved over $US440,000 to go towards the Ambrym volcanic disaster response.
A shipment of clean water is due to arrive on the Vanuatu island of Ambrym this week.
The Red Cross in Vanuatu says it expects to learn more about the impact of a volcanic eruption and associated earthquakes on Ambrym later this week.
Ambae leaders are appealing to the Vanuatu government to assist with food rations because they have a lack of crops on their island.
More than 80 families are still in an evacuation centre on the Vanuatu island of Ambrym, as the island's volcano shows little sign of settling down.
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