Japan volcano eruption, Footage on Japan’s NHK public television showed orange flames flashing near the crater and dark smoke of ashes billowing from the mountaintop high up into the night sky.
Japan’s Sakurajima on Sunday night saw a volcano eruption on the main southern island of Kyushu. Although damages or injuries haven’t been reported so far, people are advised to evacuate from nearby towns. The volcano erupted at around 8:05 pm yesterday and blew off large rocks as far as 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) away in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima, informed Japan’s Meteorological Agency. An alert raised to level 5 has been issued in Sakurajima.
Footage on Japan’s NHK public television showed orange flames flashing near the crater and dark smoke of ash billowing from the mountaintop high up into the night sky. Here’s video footage shared by Discover. tv on its Twitter handles:
JUST IN – Japan raises alert for the #Sakurajima stratovolcano to level 5 on a 5-point scale for the first time following a previous eruption. Evacuations ordered.pic.twitter.com/ccnw06Yezi
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We will put the people’s lives first and do our utmost to assess the situation and respond to any emergency, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki told reporters. He called on residents in the area to pay close attention to the latest update from the local authorities to protect their lives. The agency said it has raised the eruption alert to the highest level of five and about 120 residents in two towns facing the volcano were advised to leave their homes.
The agency warned of falling volcanic rocks in areas within 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) of the crater and a possible flow of lava, ash, and searing gas within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles).
Sakurajima, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) southwest of Tokyo, is one of the most active volcanos in Japan and has repeatedly erupted. It used to be an island but became a peninsula following an eruption in 1914.
