Weather agency warns of slides on Mt. Usu

HAKODATE, Japan - Hot mudflows gushing out of craters near Mt. Kompira, which is part of Mt. Usu, reach the town of Abuta, west of the peak, destroying a bridge (center) there April 11. A local observatory of the Meteorological Agency maintained its call for people near the volcano in southwestern Hokkaido to stay alert for possible mud and rock slides.

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