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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. wow - this is so tech by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Has this website turned into CNN?

    1. Re:wow - this is so tech by Trepidity · · Score: 2

      Natural-phenomenon news is one of those things that isn't a recent /. change. Random example.

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    2. Re: wow - this is so tech by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 2

      Neither are volcanoes a source of global warming, nor was that ever a fact under dispute.
      Volcanoes are a source of global cooling. Sigh ... what do youngsters like you learn in school in our days?

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  3. 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.

  4. Re:No warning? by Areyoukiddingme · · Score: 2

    There is no law forcing scientists to predict earth quakes or volcanic eruptions ... so, how smart was your remark?

    It was a reference to this story where Italy put 7 people, including 6 scientists, in prison for manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake. There is no law forcing scientists to predict earthquakes or volcanic eruptions in Japan, but there is in Italy.

    It was covered here on Slashdot. Try to keep up.