TOKYO (AFP) – Powerful eruptions at a volcano in southern Japan spewed ash thousands of metres into the air on Wednesday (March 7), as authorities warned locals not to approach the mountain..
TOKYO (AFP) – Powerful eruptions at a volcano in southern Japan spewed ash thousands of metres into the air on Wednesday (March 7), as authorities warned locals not to approach the mountain.
“The plume reached the height of 3,000 metres for the first time since April 3,2011” following a total of 29 eruptions at Mount Shinmoedake, Japan’s weather agency said in a statement.
The volcano, which featured in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, has been grumbling since Thursday.
But on Wednesday and the previous day, the volcano produced so-called “explosive” eruptions, which also feature air blasts.
Footage captured by the Meteorological Agency showed lava and thick grey smoke rising from the mountain around midnight on Wednesday.
