Officials urge 1K to evacuate as Shinmoedake spews ash
(NEWSER) - Japanese officials urged more than 1,000 people to evacuate today, as the Shinmoedake volcano's first eruption in 52 years rages on, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The order is not mandatory, however, and some are opting to stay in their homes. But vulcanologists warn that the eruptions, which have been spewing ash and debris into the air since Wednesday, bear an eerie similarity to a set of catastrophic blasts from nearly 300 years ago, so they fear a bigger blast is coming, the South China Morning Post reports. More»
