Dozens of hikers trapped or missing after Japanese volcano erupts

Posted by on Sep 28, 2014 @ 2:51 am in Hiking News | 0 comments | Last modified: September 28, 2014

Rescue teams searched Sunday for dozens of climbers who were caught by the sudden eruption of a volcano in central Japan a day earlier. Mount Ontake unleashed a huge cloud of ash on Saturday morning that billowed down the mountainside and engulfed hikers in its path. Forty-five people remained trapped in several cottages on the mountain, and at least 23 other people are...

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