Ontake becomes worst postwar volcanic disaster

Ontake becomes worst postwar volcanic disaster

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers standing near a helicopter following search and rescue operations for missing climbers on Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 1, 2014. The death toll from Sept. 27 eruption has reached 48, making it the worst postwar volcanic disaster in Japan.

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