Vanuatu volcano eruption threat recedes: scientists A Vanuatu volcano that sparked the evacuation of an entire island appeared to be stabilising, scientists say, although aid workers say it is too early for villagers to return home. All 11,000 people who live on Ambae, in the north of the Pacific archipelago, were ordered to leave after the Manaro Voui volcano rumbled to life and rained rock and ash on villages last week. IMAGES of evacuation