Evacuees head for new shelter

Evacuees head for new shelter

TOYOURA, Japan - A mother (L), her two children and their grandmother evacuated to a school in the town of Toyoura in Hokkaido after the first eruption in nearly 23 years of Mt. Usu on March 31 are forced to head for a new shelter in the town on April 2 because a new school term is to begin soon.

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