Ontake-san volcano news & activity updates:
Ontake-san volcano (Japan): death toll from yesterday's eruption rises to more than 30
Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 06:52
06:52 AM | BY: T
In a screen grab from a YouTube video, hikers flee from Ontake on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Japan.
At least 40 people were severely injured and 250 climbers were initially left stranded on the mountain.
AP reported that 7 people were rescued by helicopter. Rescue operations are in full swing on Japan's second highest mountain.
JMA raised the alert level to 3 and declared a 4 km exclusion zone around the volcano.
About 50 cm of ash have been deposited near the summit and up to 20 cm in lower areas.
Video taken from a hiker caught in the margins of the pyroclastic flow (otherwise he would not have survived):
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Sat, 27 Sep 2014, 20:59
A large explosive eruption occurred at Japan's second highest volcano today at 11:56 local time. An explosion produced an ash plume that rose approx. 4 km and a large pyroclastic flow that swept down the southwestern flank. ... read all
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