Week 6- Mount. Ontake
Japan's Mount Ontake 御嶽山volcanic eruption injures 30
At least 30 people have been seriously injured in Japan after Mount Ontake volcano erupted, sending huge plumes of ash and stones into the sky.
More than 10 remain unconscious, police said. Some were covered by the debris.
The eruption at the 3,067m (10,120ft) peak, situated between Nagano and Gifu prefectures, trapped hundreds of climbers who were forced to seek shelter in lodges near the summit.
Some 230 have managed to descend - some 40 have yet to be rescued.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe authorised army units to help those trapped.
Officials warned residents within a 4km radius of the risk of debris.
Mount Ontake last erupted in 2007.
"It was like thunder," a woman who runs a lodge near the summit told Japanese broadcaster NHK.
"I heard boom, boom, then everything went dark."
"There are 15cm [six inches] of ash on the ground," she said.
One of the climbers who managed to descend told NHK, "I escaped with my bare life."
"Immediately after I watched the eruption, I rushed away but I was soon covered with ash."
Source:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29392810
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Keywords：
1. volcanic 火山的
2.eruption 爆炸
3.summit 頂峰
4. resident 居民
5.debris 碎屑
There are many volcanoes in Japan, if they can develop a technology to predict the eruption, maybe less people would die from it.
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回覆刪除Volcanic eruption is a horrible phenomenon. We should come up with some efficient solutions to solve it. Otherwise, there would be more and more victims.
回覆刪除It is so scared I hope it won't happen again.
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