Mount Ontake, Japan

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  • Mount Ontake
    • Eruption
      • 2nd highest in Japan
      • Series of phreatic eruptions
      • Erupted on 27th September 2014
    • Impacts
      • Ash blocked the sun
      • 57 died, 40 injured and 6 missing
      • Ash up to half  a metre deep
      • Ash and water stopped rescue helicopters from helping
      • Typhoon Phanfone stopped search activities
    • Responses
      • Military immediately did a search and rescue
      • 80 climbers claimed the volcano to help 40 people down the volcano
      • Airspace around the volcano was closed
      • Tourists can't go to the volcano now
      • Monitoring of the volcano including shelters and hazard mapping
      • Changed perception

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