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One Of Earth's Deadliest Volcanoes Is Slowly Reloading With Magma: Study
A new study reveals that Japan's Kikai Caldera is gradually refilling with fresh magma, offering key insights into volcanic eruption cycles and future risk prediction.
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Tourist Helicopter Carrying 3 People Goes Missing Near Japan's Mount Aso Volcano
Mount Aso is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, located in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu.
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Japan Issues Mid-Level Volcano Warning
Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption "may occur".
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Watch: Japan's Mount Aso Volcano Erupts, Shoots Ash 11,500 Feet Into Sky
Mount Aso, a volcano in the tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu in Japan, sent plumes of ash 3.5 km high when it erupted on Wednesday, prompting warnings of lava flows and falling rocks.
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Japan Issues Alert After Volcano Erupts Causing Multiple "Explosions"
Japan issued an alert on Friday after a volcano in the southwest of the country erupted, jettisoning large rocks hundreds of metres away from the crater, Kyodo news agency reported.
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Japan Volcano Erupts For First Time In 4 Years, Alert Level Raised
A volcano near Tokyo has erupted for the first time in four years, throwing ash and smoke nearly two kilometres into the sky and sparking warnings not to approach the mountain.
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Volcano Spews Ash Thousands Of Feet Into Sky, Grounding Flights Nearby
A column of volcanic ash spewed skyward and blanketed a city in southern Japan on Tuesday, grounding flights at a nearby airport as the ash reached a height of 7,500 feet in Mount Shinmoedake's most violent eruption since 2011.
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Japanese 'James Bond' Volcano Shoots To Thrill
A Japanese volcano which featured in a 1960s James Bond movie shot smoke and ash thousands of metres into the sky on Tuesday, prompting the cancellation of flights to and from a nearby airport, with the eruption likely to continue for some time.
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Warning Level Raised On Another Japanese Volcano A Week After Fatal Eruption
Japan raised the warning level on another volcano on Tuesday, exactly a week after an dramatic eruption at another peak killed one man, injured nearly a dozen others and stranded scores of skiers - including foreign tourists - for several hours.
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Japanese Volcano Erupts, Raining Rocks Onto Ski Slope And Triggering Avalanche
A volcanic eruption Tuesday sent rocks raining down on a Japanese ski slope and triggered an avalanche that killed a soldier and injured at least a dozen others.
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Volcano Erupts At Japanese Ski Resort, One Missing In Avalanche
Rocks spat out by an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan on Tuesday and one skier was missing following an avalanche that occurred shortly after the volcano exploded and engulfed nearly a dozen skiers.
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Japan Warns Tourists on Mount Aso After Eruption
Japan on Monday warned tourists to keep away from popular Mount Aso after it began belching smoke and ash into the air, the latest eruption in one of the world's most volcanically active countries.
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Evacuation Advisory Lifted for Japan Volcano Near Nuclear Plant
Japan's southwestern city of Kagoshima on Saturday lifted an evacuation advisory on three areas within a 3-km (two-mile) radius of an active volcano 50 km (30 miles) from the Sendai nuclear plant that restarted operations last week.
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Japan Raises Eruption Warning for Southern Volcano
Japan's weather agency today told thousands of residents near a southern city to prepare for a possible evacuation as it upgraded a volcanic eruption warning.
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Volcano Erupts on Japanese Island, Evacuation Ordered, Airlines Diverted
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of the island's residents and forcing airlines to divert some flights.
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One Of Earth's Deadliest Volcanoes Is Slowly Reloading With Magma: Study
A new study reveals that Japan's Kikai Caldera is gradually refilling with fresh magma, offering key insights into volcanic eruption cycles and future risk prediction.
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Tourist Helicopter Carrying 3 People Goes Missing Near Japan's Mount Aso Volcano
Mount Aso is one of Japan's most active volcanoes, located in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu.
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Japan Issues Mid-Level Volcano Warning
Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption "may occur".
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Watch: Japan's Mount Aso Volcano Erupts, Shoots Ash 11,500 Feet Into Sky
Mount Aso, a volcano in the tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu in Japan, sent plumes of ash 3.5 km high when it erupted on Wednesday, prompting warnings of lava flows and falling rocks.
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Japan Issues Alert After Volcano Erupts Causing Multiple "Explosions"
Japan issued an alert on Friday after a volcano in the southwest of the country erupted, jettisoning large rocks hundreds of metres away from the crater, Kyodo news agency reported.
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Japan Volcano Erupts For First Time In 4 Years, Alert Level Raised
A volcano near Tokyo has erupted for the first time in four years, throwing ash and smoke nearly two kilometres into the sky and sparking warnings not to approach the mountain.
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Volcano Spews Ash Thousands Of Feet Into Sky, Grounding Flights Nearby
A column of volcanic ash spewed skyward and blanketed a city in southern Japan on Tuesday, grounding flights at a nearby airport as the ash reached a height of 7,500 feet in Mount Shinmoedake's most violent eruption since 2011.
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Japanese 'James Bond' Volcano Shoots To Thrill
A Japanese volcano which featured in a 1960s James Bond movie shot smoke and ash thousands of metres into the sky on Tuesday, prompting the cancellation of flights to and from a nearby airport, with the eruption likely to continue for some time.
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Warning Level Raised On Another Japanese Volcano A Week After Fatal Eruption
Japan raised the warning level on another volcano on Tuesday, exactly a week after an dramatic eruption at another peak killed one man, injured nearly a dozen others and stranded scores of skiers - including foreign tourists - for several hours.
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Japanese Volcano Erupts, Raining Rocks Onto Ski Slope And Triggering Avalanche
A volcanic eruption Tuesday sent rocks raining down on a Japanese ski slope and triggered an avalanche that killed a soldier and injured at least a dozen others.
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Volcano Erupts At Japanese Ski Resort, One Missing In Avalanche
Rocks spat out by an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan on Tuesday and one skier was missing following an avalanche that occurred shortly after the volcano exploded and engulfed nearly a dozen skiers.
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Japan Warns Tourists on Mount Aso After Eruption
Japan on Monday warned tourists to keep away from popular Mount Aso after it began belching smoke and ash into the air, the latest eruption in one of the world's most volcanically active countries.
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Evacuation Advisory Lifted for Japan Volcano Near Nuclear Plant
Japan's southwestern city of Kagoshima on Saturday lifted an evacuation advisory on three areas within a 3-km (two-mile) radius of an active volcano 50 km (30 miles) from the Sendai nuclear plant that restarted operations last week.
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Japan Raises Eruption Warning for Southern Volcano
Japan's weather agency today told thousands of residents near a southern city to prepare for a possible evacuation as it upgraded a volcanic eruption warning.
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Volcano Erupts on Japanese Island, Evacuation Ordered, Airlines Diverted
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of the island's residents and forcing airlines to divert some flights.
