{"id":12255,"date":"2015-09-14T06:51:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T11:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2015-09-14T06:51:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T11:51:21","slug":"japans-largest-volcano-mt-aso-erupts-forces-evacuation-of-tourists-photos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12255","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s largest volcano Mt. Aso erupts, forces evacuation of tourists (PHOTOS, VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__summary summary \">\n<h3 class=\"article__heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/315227-japan-aso-volcano-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japan\u2019s largest volcano Mt. Aso erupts, forces evacuation of tourists (PHOTOS, VIDEO)<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article__date\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item \" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2015.09\/original\/55f6321fc36188bd1e8b4572.jpg\" alt=\"A video grab from the Japan Meteorological Agency's live camera image shows an eruption of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, September 14, 2015. \u00a9 Japan Meteorological Agency\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_arcticle\">A video grab from the Japan Meteorological Agency&#8217;s live camera image shows an eruption of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, September 14, 2015. \u00a9 Japan Meteorological Agency \/ Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\">\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/315227-japan-aso-volcano-evacuation\/\" data-title=\"Japan\u2019s largest volcano Mt. Aso erupts, forces evacuation of tourists (PHOTOS, VIDEO) \u2014 RT News\">\n<div id=\"atstbx\" class=\"at-share-tbx-element addthis_32x32_style addthis-smartlayers at4-show\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mount Aso, Japan\u2019s largest active volcano, erupted on Monday, sending plumes of smoke 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) into the air and prompting tourist evacuations, Japan\u2019s Meteorological Agency said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Dramatic footage of the massive eruption was streamed live, with volcanic ash visibly filling a large area.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but local authorities have pushed up the danger level to three out of five.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYS2JFWHT0c?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The 1,592-meter (5,222-feet) Mount Aso is located on Japan\u2019s southernmost main island, Kyushu, and is considered a popular hiking destination for tourists. It is also the second largest mountain in Japan and is one of the biggest calderas in the world, encompassing an area 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) north to south and 18 kilometers (11.2 miles) east to west.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that around 30 people were parked near the peak when the volcano erupted, but that they had been evacuated. Overall, about 100 tourists were transported to safety.<\/p>\n<p>There had been no indication that an eruption was coming, according to meteorologists.<\/p>\n<p>A second eruption has not been ruled out, according to Sadayuki Kitagawa, senior coordinator for volcanic affairs at Japan\u2019s Meteorological Agency. Kitagawa told people to be careful of falling rocks due to a\u00a0<em>\u201cpossibility of volcanic rocks landing in an area over a 1-kilometer radius.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s largest volcano Mt. Aso erupts, forces evacuation of tourists (PHOTOS, VIDEO) A video grab from the Japan Meteorological Agency&#8217;s live camera image shows an eruption of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, September 14, 2015. \u00a9 Japan Meteorological Agency \/ Reuters Mount Aso, Japan\u2019s largest active volcano, erupted on Monday, sending plumes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[452,9037,9036],"class_list":["post-12255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-japan","tag-mount-aso","tag-volcanic-activity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12256,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12255\/revisions\/12256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}