Volcano erupts on southern Japanese island
Source: Yahoo! News / AP
TOKYO (AP) A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on Friday, and authorities ordered residents to evacuate the island.
Mount Shindake erupted about 10 a.m. (0100 GMT) in spectacular fashion, spewing towering black-gray clouds into the sky.
No injuries had been reported, although the Japan Meteorological Agency reported that pyroclastic flows from the volcano had reached the shore to the northwest.
The government was surveying the island by helicopter to assess damage.
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Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Mt. Aso, Mt. Unzen, Sakurajima, Nasudake, Showa Shinzan, Ontakesan, Nishinoshima, Shindake...
I have heard that only Indonesia has more active volcanoes than Japan.
AngryDem001
(684 posts)were killed on Mt. Unzen when it erupted.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)there were 43 fatalities blamed on that eruption.
More recently, Mt. Ontakesan erupted without much warning last year and caught nearly 100 hikers and others off guard.
They were just showing scenes of today's eruption on TV. The volcano is located on a small island near Yakushima Island (famous for its macaque monkeys), which are both just south of the main island of Kyushu.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)volcano I think I would move to another country if I could.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)radiation here has returned to normal levels, and I'm about 100 miles from the nearest volcano. So all I have to worry about are earthquakes
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Of course on the other hand IF I knew I was going to be safe I have always wondered what it is like to go through those types of storms etc.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)but once they reach where I live, they're usually just rain storms. I've never experienced anything close to hurricane-force winds, but there was one time when the rain was coming down so hard, I could barely see 10 feet in front of me.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)storms.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)It's right there in Typhoon Alley, and structures there are built tough so you wouldn't have to worry about getting blown away.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)You can still get the Fukushima radiation, though. And the wildfires, mudslides and drought shouldn't be missed.
(I actually now live in one of the most geologically peaceful and disaster-free places on earth, but people complain about the winters...)