Flights grounded as Japan’s most active volcano erupts for second time in four months

Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and ...
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Japan’s Sakurajima just kept erupting from its Minamidake crater — hurling ash and rock from one of the world’s most restless volcanoes

Sakurajima will not quit. The squat, ash-gray stratovolcano that looms across Kinko Bay from downtown Kagoshima has been ...
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Sakurajima volcano eruption sends 11,500ft ash plume into the sky in Japan

This is the dramatic moment the Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan today, sending an 11,500ft ash plume into the sky. Footage shows the volcano releasing a towering ash column over Kagoshima ...

EDITORIAL: Preparedness needed to deal with ash from Mt. Fuji eruption

Over the past half century, Japan has been hit by many volcanic eruptions, but scientifically those were only considered to ...

Locals on alert as Sakurajima volcano in Japan spews ash and smoke sky high

A volcano on Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupted again on Sunday. The Minamidake crater spewed a column of smoke and ash ...
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Feel the earth’s heartbeat at Sakurajima, one of Japan’s many active volcanoes

Sakurajima volcano on Japan’s Osumi peninsula averages around 200 eruptions per year, but there is a sizable population base ...

WATCH Video: Japan volcano erupts — Sakurajima eruption sends massive ash plume 3,400m into sky

The eruption from the Minamidake crater sent ash plumes soaring up to 3,400 meters into the sky, blanketing large parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in volcanic ash.

Japan’s volcano research said 30 years behind its quake findings

Japan is stepping up its volcano research that trails far behind its advanced studies on earthquakes despite being home to ...
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Volcanic eruption in Japan spreads ash in 4 cities, towns

TOKYO (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Japan is erupting for the first time in six years, spewing ash over nearby farms, cities and towns. Japanese broadcaster TBS showed elementary school students ...
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Flights grounded as Japan’s most active volcano erupts for second time in four months

Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and blanketing the surrounding city of Kagoshima in debris. It was Sakurajima’s ...