Saturday, September 27, 2014

Erupting Japan volcano leaves seven unconscious, 250 stranded

A helicopter flies near rising smoke and mountain lodges covered with volcanic ash near a crater of Mount Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing ash and small rocks into the air and leaving seven people unconscious, eight seriously injured and more than 250 stranded on the mountain, officials and media said. A thick, rolling, grey cloud of ash rose into the sky above Mount Ontake close to where TV footage showed hikers taking pictures. Trekkers and residents were warned of falling rock and ash within a radius of four km (two and a half miles). ...








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