{"id":57255,"date":"2018-01-23T05:57:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57255"},"modified":"2018-01-23T05:57:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:57:14","slug":"avalanche-and-volcano-hit-japans-kusatsu-ski-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/avalanche-and-volcano-hit-japans-kusatsu-ski-resort.html","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche and volcano hit Japan&#8217;s Kusatsu ski resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Avalanche and volcano hit Japan&#8217;s Kusatsu ski resort<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">At least 14 people have been injured by an avalanche and volcanic eruption near a Japanese ski resort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The eruption sent rocks raining down over a kilometre-wide area near Kusatsu in central Gunma prefecture, say local media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Four people who were riding a gondola at the resort at the time were among those injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Six members of the military, who were conducting an exercise in the area, had to be rescued from the avalanche.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Authorities say Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, 150km (93 miles) from Tokyo, erupted Tuesday morning but it is not clear if that is what triggered the avalanche.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8220;Based on various measurements, we can say that the mountain appears to have erupted, but we are still trying to confirm facts on the ground,&#8221; Japans Meteorological Agency said, according to Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The agency has warned people not climb the mountain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">One person was initially reported missing, but officials later said that was not the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Rocks raining down<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">According to state broadcaster NHK, some of the volcanic debris fell more than 1km (0.6 miles) from the mountain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The Fire and Disaster Management Agency warned that rocks could be raining down as far as 2km from the peak, Reuters said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Japan is one of the world&#8217;s most seismically active nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">In September 2014, 63 people were killed in a sudden eruption of Mount Ontake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-42784702<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/avalanche-and-volcano-hit-japans-kusatsu-ski-resort.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avalanche and volcano hit Japan&#8217;s Kusatsu ski resort At least 14 people have been injured by an avalanche and volcanic eruption near a Japanese ski resort. The eruption sent rocks raining down over a kilometre-wide area near Kusatsu in central Gunma prefecture, say local media. 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