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Update: At Least 31 People Feared Dead After Japan Volcano Erupts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the natural-disaster dept.

An anonymous reader writes "More than 30 people may be dead in a volcanic eruption in central Japan, the nation's second natural disaster in the past month. Nagano prefecture posted on its website that about 30 people had heart and lung failure, the customary way for Japanese authorities to describe a body until police doctors can examine it. At least four of the victims were being brought down from Mount Ontake on Sunday afternoon, one day after the volcano erupted."

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  1. Re:No warning? by JanneM · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was some seismic activity for a period of time before it happened - but this is Japan; there's always seismic activity happening. According to interviewed researchers there really was no warning beforehand.

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  2. Hardly unexpected if it erupted only 7 years ago by JoeyRox · · Score: 4, Informative

    Science already knows that not all eruptions produce tell-tale precursors.