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Added on the 21/09/2019 14:33:36 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Japan's Mount Aso erupts for the first time in 36 years causing ash to fall on neighbouring Aso City. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Mount Aso on the Japanese island of Kyushu erupted on Monday sending vast plumes of smoke and ash into the air. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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.
Japan Meteorological Agency warns more eruptions are expected from southern Japanese volcano, as population evacuates. 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.
Volcano Villarrica erupted in southern Chile on Tuesday morning at about 3 a.m. local time. Prior to the eruption, 3,385 people were evacuated from their homes as a precaution.