Eyewitnesses post video footage from the network that captured the ash outbreak that occurred on Saturday, June 16, on the island of Kyushu in south-western Japan.
As a result of the activity of the Sakuradzim volcano, whose height is a little over 1.1 kilometers, a nearly five-kilometer column of ash appeared that covered nearby settlements.
“Meteorologists have recorded an eruption of an” explosive nature “at 07.20 (01.20 Moscow time), a pyroclastic flow is observed in the area of the vents on the western side of the volcano, and large stones were ejected at a distance of 800-1,000 meters from the crater, specialists continue to monitor the volcano.
At present, the third level of danger out of five is declared in the region.