Bardarbunga (Iceland) + Eruption Mt Ontakesan (Japan) claims at least 31 lives!
Last update: September 28, 2014 at 8:34 am
Unexpected eruption of Mt. Ontake, Japan (September 28, 08:02 UTC)
The unexpected violent eruption has claimed the lives of 31 people who’s bodies were found near the summit. 74 people were treated for various injuries. The volcano is a pilgrimage shrine (like Mount Fuji, another volcano). Mount Ontake is 3067 meter high.
550 rescuers were involved in a major operation to try to save dozens of hikers feared stranded on the volcano since it erupted without warning—spewing ash, rocks and steam into a sunny autumn weekend busy with tourists and hikers. A suffocating blanket of ash up to 20 centimeters deep covered a large area of the volcano, and had forced up to 150 to seek refuge in mountaintop shelters at one point. Hikers who arrived safely at the bottom of the volcano reported scenes of despair, with stones raining down and hot ashes filling the air.
A good article about the rescue operation (with other numbers) can be found here. (The term cardiac arrest means simply that they have been suffocated in the ash cloud)
ER: The number of fatalities can further increase to 45 (the people who were accounted as “missing” yesterday.
The unexpected violent eruption has claimed the lives of 31 people who’s bodies were found near the summit. 74 people were treated for various injuries. The volcano is a pilgrimage shrine (like Mount Fuji, another volcano). Mount Ontake is 3067 meter high.
550 rescuers were involved in a major operation to try to save dozens of hikers feared stranded on the volcano since it erupted without warning—spewing ash, rocks and steam into a sunny autumn weekend busy with tourists and hikers. A suffocating blanket of ash up to 20 centimeters deep covered a large area of the volcano, and had forced up to 150 to seek refuge in mountaintop shelters at one point. Hikers who arrived safely at the bottom of the volcano reported scenes of despair, with stones raining down and hot ashes filling the air.
A good article about the rescue operation (with other numbers) can be found here. (The term cardiac arrest means simply that they have been suffocated in the ash cloud)
ER: The number of fatalities can further increase to 45 (the people who were accounted as “missing” yesterday.
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