Eruption of Japan's Sakurajima volcano prompts evacuation orders for nearby residents

[Scott]

Eruption of Japan's Sakurajima volcano prompts evacuation orders for nearby residents

Volcano Sakurajima stands in Japan's southern prefecture of Kagoshima, March 8, 2022.

An eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in Japan has raised emergency alerts of their highest levels and prompted evacuations for residents nearby.

The volcano, located in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on the western island of Kyushu, erupted at 8:05 p.m. local time on Sunday, according to Japan's Meteorological Agency.

The emergency alert in the region has been raised to level 5, the highest, and evacuations were ordered for residents living within a 2-mile range of the crater, including parts of Arimura-cho, Furusato-cho and Kagoshima City, where about 600,000 people live.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/eruption-japans-sakurajima-volcano-prompts-evacuation-orders-nearby/story?id=87328030

[Tropposurfer]

Ugg ... mountain god angry ! 

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

Ugg ... mountain god angry ! 

Just nature doing her thing.