Residents near Mt. Usu allowed to return home temporarily

Residents near Mt. Usu allowed to return home temporarily

ABUTA, Japan - Forty-one families, the first group of 878 families given permission to make a 30-minute trip home in the Lake Toya hot-spring resort, on May 16 left the shelter for the first time since their evacuation following the eruption of Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido on March 31. Smoke from the 732-meter volcano, which is still active, can be seen in the background.

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