Miyake residents start evacuation

Miyake residents start evacuation

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Some 280 of the remaining residents on Miyakejima, an active volcanic island some 200 kilometers south of Tokyo, leave the island on Sept. 2 in accordance with an evacuation order issued Sept. 1 by officials of the village of Miyake due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows. The 284 people boarded ships for Tokyo to become the first batch of islanders to leave after village head Ko Hasegawa ordered the evacuation of the estimated 800 remaining residents within three days from Sept. 2.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000005788
  • Registered date
  • 2000/9/02 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1988 × 1128 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 197.36(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Miyake islanders mark 1st anniversary since return

    Miyake islanders mark 1st anniversary since return

    MIYAKE ISLAND, Japan - Miyake Island residents celebrate the first anniversary of their return to the island after full evacuation in September 2000 due to volcanic activity on Feb. 1. They pledged to rebuild their lives on the island during a ceremony held at a junior high school.
      Miyake islanders mark 1st anniversary since return

      Miyake islanders mark 1st anniversary since return

      MIYAKE ISLAND, Japan - Miyake Island residents celebrate the first anniversary of their return to the island after full evacuation in September 2000 due to volcanic activity on Feb. 1. They pledged to rebuild their lives on the island during a ceremony held at a junior high school. (Kyodo)
        Koizumi visits evacuated volcanic island of Miyakejima

        Koizumi visits evacuated volcanic island of Miyakejima

        TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits the island of Miyakejima on Sept. 29, currently uninhabited after its residents were evacuated last year following volcanic activity. He arrived via a Self-Defense Forces helicopter for his first visit to the island, south of Tokyo, since his inauguration as premier in late April.
          Koizumi visits evacuated volcanic island of Miyakejima

          Koizumi visits evacuated volcanic island of Miyakejima

          TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits the island of Miyakejima on Sept. 29, currently uninhabited after its residents were evacuated last year following volcanic activity. He arrived via a Self-Defense Forces helicopter for his first visit to the island, south of Tokyo, since his inauguration as premier in late April.
            Workers begin clearing Miyakejima's mud-covered roads

            Workers begin clearing Miyakejima's mud-covered roads

            MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Earth-moving equipment clears mud from a road near a private home in the Ako district of Miyakejima Island on Sept. 6, after heavy rains triggered mudslides on the volcanic island south of Tokyo. Emergency workers began the road-clearing work throughout the island after the slides stranded village officials and emergency personnel. Nearly all of the island's 3,850 residents have been evacuated following a series of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
              Chickins walk around on deserted Miyakejima Island

              Chickins walk around on deserted Miyakejima Island

              MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Chicken walk around in the front yard of a deserted house on Miyakajima Island on Sept. 6, two days after all remaining residents of the volcanic island, south of Tokyo, were evacuated due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows.
                Last group of Miyakejima residents lines up to leaves island

                Last group of Miyakejima residents lines up to leaves island

                MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Residents of Miyakejima Island line up Sept. 4 before boarding a regular ferry at Sabigahama, on the west side of the island, after an evacuation order was issued by the Tokyo metropolitan government for fear of pyroclastic flows. The group of islanders was the last to leave. Some 400 officials and disaster relief workers will remain on the island.
                  Last group of Miyakejima residents lines up to leaves island

                  Last group of Miyakejima residents lines up to leaves island

                  MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Residents of Miyakejima Island line up Sept. 4 before boarding a regular ferry at Sabigahama, on the west side of the island, after an evacuation order was issued by the Tokyo metropolitan government for fear of pyroclastic flows. The group of islanders was the last to leave. Some 400 officials and disaster relief workers will remain on the island.
                    Milk cows loaded on cargo ship to evacuate Miyakijima Island

                    Milk cows loaded on cargo ship to evacuate Miyakijima Island

                    MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Cows are loaded on a cargo ship Sept. 2 at a port on Miyakejima Island as islanders leave the volcanic island. Miyake village authorities decided Sept. 1 to evacuate all residents within three days from Sept. 2 due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows. About 600 village officials and disaster relief workers are to stay behind on the island, located 200 kilometers south of Tokyo.
                      Milk cows loaded on cargo ship to evacuate Miyakijima Island

                      Milk cows loaded on cargo ship to evacuate Miyakijima Island

                      MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Cows are loaded on a cargo ship Sept. 2 at a port on Miyakejima Island as islanders leave the volcanic island. Miyake village authorities decided Sept. 1 to evacuate all residents within three days from Sept. 2 due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows. About 600 village officials and disaster relief workers are to stay behind on the island, located 200 kilometers south of Tokyo.