Mudslides from volcano flow into Lake Toya

Mudslides from volcano flow into Lake Toya

TOYA, Japan - Mudslides from the Mt. Usu volcano in Abuta in southwestern Hokkaido flow into Lake Toya (foreground) on April 7, with the hot mud sending up clouds of white smoke. Volcanic activity at the 732-meter-high mountain entered its eighth day and volcanologists warned that a violent eruption remains a possibility.

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