The Japan Meteorological Agency raised its volcanic alert for Mount Zao in northeastern Japan on Tuesday as it detected signs of a possible small-scale eruption of the 1,841-meter mountain.
The Japan Meteorological Agency raised its volcanic alert for Mount Zao in northeastern Japan on Tuesday as it detected signs of a possible small-scale eruption of the 1,841-meter mountain.
In a volcanic warning issued at 2:38 p.m. (5:38 a.m. GMT), the agency raised the alert to Level 2, on a scale of one to 5, urging people not to approach the crater, from Level One, which calls attention to the potential for increased volcanic activity. On the mountain, which straddles the northeastern Japan prefectures of Miyagi and Yamagata, ash deposits may hit areas within some 1.
