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• Searchers find 4 more victims on Japanese volcano after surprise eruption, raising toll to 51

  Rescuers on Saturday retrieved four more bodies near the summit of a Japanese volcano that erupted last weekend, raising the death toll to 51, authorities said.

  Oct 4, 2014
  
• Why wasn’t there a warning in Mount Ontake volcano eruption?

  On Saturday, an eruption of rock and debris rained down on unsuspecting hikers on Mount Ontake, Japan. How did that happen with so much monitoring of volcanoes?

  Science

  Oct 1, 2014
  
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• Bodies found on Japan volcano, raising toll to 48

  A dozen more bodies were found Wednesday near the ash-covered summit of a Japanese volcano as searches resumed amid concern of toxic gasses and another eruption.

  World

  Oct 1, 2014
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• IN PHOTOS: Powerful images as Japanese volcano Mount Ontake erupts

  A dozen more bodies were found near the summit of Mount Ontake on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from Saturday's eruption in central Japan rose to 48.

  Environment

  Oct 1, 2014
• New tremors raise concern at Japan’s Mount Ontake

  Increased seismic activity raised concern Tuesday about the possibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where 36 people were killed, forcing rescuers to suspend plans to try to recover at least two dozen bodies still near the summit.

  World

  Sep 30, 2014
• 5 more bodies found at Japan volcano; toll now 36

  Five more bodies were found near the summit of a Japanese volcano on Monday, bringing the total presumed dead to 36, police said.

  World

  Sep 29, 2014
• 31 people believed dead after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan

  Reaching the ash-covered summit of a still-erupting volcano in central Japan, rescue workers made a grim discovery Sunday: 31 apparently dead people, some reportedly buried in knee-deep ash.

  Sep 28, 2014
• Volcano erupts with thundering sound in Japan; 3 rescued, 32 still missing, many hurt

  A volcano in central Japan erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and stranding at least 40 injured people.

  Sep 27, 2014
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• Dramatic cellphone video of climbers fleeing eruption on Mount Ontake

  A group of climbers on Mount Ontake in central Japan have documented themselves fleeing a volcanic eruption in a dramatic cellphone video.

  Environment

  Sep 27, 2014