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A volcano on a small, Japanese island erupted on Friday morning, sending plumes of smoke billowing thousands of metres into the sky and forcing residents to evacuate.Mount Shindake erupted at 9:59 on Friday morning on Kuchinoerabu Island, a small island in southern Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture.After the volcano erupted and spewed a tower of black clouds into the sky, the Japan Meteorology Agency raised the volcano alert level from three to five. The clouds prompted Japanese authorities to evacuate the approximately 140 residents of the island by ferry.A pyroclastic flow of heated gas and rocks flowed down the side of Mt. Shindake following the eruption and made its way down to the ocean.No injuries were reported despite the suddenness of the eruption.
Chilean volcano Calbuco erupts for the third time since last week, sending a fresh cloud of ash and gas high into the sky. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Two separate eruptions of the Calbuco volcano on Wednesday and Thursday blasted huge clouds of ash into the air and forced the evacuation of at least 4,000 people.
Lightning flashed and the sky over Chile's erupting volcano Calbuco glowed orange overnight, as smoke and ash spewed into the air. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Volcano erupts in southern Chile, sending ash and smoke into the sky as residents begin evacuations. Vanessa Johnston reports.
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