margie and noel vergas own a small plot of land in the vicinity of the volcano.breed chickens for a living. but their lives were turned upside down on sunday when taal began erupting. translation: about four in the afternoon, we panicked. we saw a huge smoke cloud coming from the volcano and we could smell something awful. ash began falling, with small stones and soil. we evacuated because some people said that there would be a tsunami on the lake next to the taal. we became scared. noel said he wanted to return to his house today to check on his livestock. but he found that many of his birds were in a sorry state. so, noel is showing me a fighting cock here, it's a popular sport in the philippines. the bird is covered in dust and ash. he said a lot of the birds were affected when he left his farm to seek safety in a shelter, an evacuation centre. other chickens are in a bad state. i've seen one in the back with what looks like a broken wing. the philippine department of agriculture says that the thick ash has caused more than $10 million worth of damage to lives

margie and noel vergas own a small plot of land in the vicinity of the volcano.g. their lives were turned upside down on sunday when taal began erupting. translation: about four in the afternoon, we panicked. we saw a huge smoke cloud coming from the volcano and we could smell something awful. ash began falling, with small stones and soil. we evacuated because some people said that there would be a tsunami on the lake next to the taal. we became scared. noel said he wanted to return to his house today to check on his livestock. but he found that many of his birds were in a sorry state. so, noel is showing me a fighting clock here, it's a popular sport in the philippines. so, the bird is covered in dust and ash. he said a lot of the birds were affected when he left his farm to seek safety in a shelter, an evacuation centre. 0ther chickens are in a bad state. i've seen one in the back with what looks like a broken wing. the philippine department of agriculture says that the thick ash has caused more than $10 million worth of damage to livestock and crops. so, noel