Volcano near Tokyo erupts for the first time in 4 years, alert level raised to three out of five
Mount Asama, almost 90 miles (140 kilometers) away from the capital of Japan, erupted overnight for the first time in 4 years. The eruption threw smoke and ash almost 2 kilometers into the sky. Nation’s metrological agency raised the alert to level 3 out of 5, which means that the volcano should be avoided by people. The agency has warned that a radius of four kilometers around the crater could be affected by large rocks and fast-moving flows of hot gas and depending upon the prevailing winds the nearby towns…
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