Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima

Volcano erupts on Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima

Sadayuki Kitagawa, chief of the department for volcanic affairs at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on May 29, 2015, following the eruption of a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 9:59 a.m. "explosive" eruption of Mt. Shindake caused a plume over 9 kilometers above the crater and a pyroclastic flow to reach the coast, the agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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