Trapped flower vendors are pulled out from a collapsed wall following a strong earthquake that struck Padada, Davao del Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday December 15, 2019. A strong quake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, causing a three-story building to collapse and prompting people to rush out of shopping malls, houses and other buildings in panic, officials said. (Photo by John Angelo Jomao-as/AP Photo)





In this November 24, 2009, file photo, a police officer uses banana leaves to cover bodies which they recovered from a hillside grave in Datu Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. A Philippine court will rule Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 whether scions of a political clan and their gunmen are guilty of slaughtering 58 people, including 32 media workers, in an act of impunity that horrified the world. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo/File)





Two young residents watch as people visit the mass graveyard for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on November 8, 2019. Typhoon Haiyan struck in the predawn darkness of November 8, 2013 as the then strongest typhoon to ever hit land, leaving more than 7,360 people dead or missing across the central Philippines. (Photo by Bobby Alota/AFP Photo)





Residents carry to safety a wooden boat in Legaspi City, Albay province, south of Manila on December 2, 2019, as they prepare for Typhoon Kammuri. The Philippines was braced for powerful Typhoon Kammuri as the storm churned closer, forcing evacuations and threatening plans for the Southeast Asian Games events near the capital Manila. (Photo by Razvale Sayat/AFP Photo)





A Filipino boy runs with a bright firework as they celebrate the coming of the New Year early Wednesday, January 1, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos welcome the New Year with noise and firecrackers in the belief that this will drive away bad spirits and bring in good luck. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A city veterinarian (L) takes a blood sample from a pig in a backyard piggery to test for African Swine Fever (ASF) in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines, 17 September 2019. The mayor of Quezon City on 14 September confirmed that cases of ASF have been found in one area of the city and that measures are in place to stop the spread of the disease. Meanwhile, the country's Department of Agriculture said on 16 September that the outbreak of ASF in the provinces of Bulacan and Rizal have been contained following protocols implemented to combat the disease. (Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Thousands of devotees participate in an annual Thanksgiving procession with the image of the Black Nazarene in Manila on December 31, 2019. Thousands of barefoot devotees will join the religious procession in Manila, starting New Year's Eve and ending each January 9, hoping to touch a centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ, called the Black Nazarene, which is believed to have miraculous powers. (Photo by Maria Tan/AFP Photo)





Crabs caught by Domingo Martinez, 40, are stored on his boat in Sitio Pariahan, Bulakan, Bulacan, north of Manila, Philippines, November 26, 2019. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)





People watch plumes of smoke and ash rise from as Taal Volcano erupts Sunday January 12, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Residents clean ash from their vehicles from Taal Volcano's eruption Monday January 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





An ash column from erupting Taal Volcano looms over Tagaytay city, Philippines, 12 January 2020. According to media reports, evacuations are underway as the volcano spewed ash as high as 100 meters into the sky. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA/EFE)





Residents evacuate along ash fall covered road as Taal Volcano continues to spew ash on Monday January 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. The small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila's international airport to shut down. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





People watch as the Taal volcano spews ash and smoke during an eruption in Tagaytay, Cavite province south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday. January 12, 2020. A tiny volcano near the Philippine capital that draws many tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake belched steam, ash and rocks in a huge plume Sunday, prompting thousands of residents to flee and officials to temporarily suspend flights. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)





Residents cleans ash fall from Taal Volcano's eruption Monday January 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A rooster crows as he is covered in ash from Taal Volcano's eruption Monday January 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A dog walks along ash fall covered road as Taal Volcano continues to spew ash on Monday January 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Motorcycles ride along an ash covered road as they evacuate to safer grounds as Taal volcano in Lemery, Batangas, southern Philippines on Monday, January 13, 2020. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Residents clean ash outside their homes as Taal Volcano still spews ash on Monday January 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





A resident covered in ash mixed with rainwater makes a phone call as Taal Volcano erupts on January 12, 2020 in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines. Local authorities have begun evacuating residents near Taal Volcano as it began spewing ash up to a kilometer high Sunday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of of Volcanology and Seismology has raised the alert level to three out of five, warning of the volcano's continued “magmatic unrest”. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)





A family rides their motorcycle through clouds of ash as they evacuate to safer grounds as Taal volcano in Tagaytay, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Monday, January 13, 2020. Red-hot lava is gushing from the volcano after a sudden eruption of ash and steam that forced residents to flee and shut down Manila’s airport, offices and schools. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





Security personnel are seen to assist the villager at the town of Agoncillo in Batangas wherein covered in thick blankets of ash due to Taal volcano eruption in Batangas on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Dante Diosina Jr./Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Lightning strikes as a column of ash surrounds the crater of Taal Volcano as it erupts on January 12, 2020 as seen from Tagaytay city, Cavite province, Philippines. Local authorities have begun evacuating residents near Taal Volcano as it began spewing ash up to a kilometer high Sunday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of of Volcanology and Seismology has raised the alert level to four out of five, warning that a hazardous eruption could take place anytime. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)