JAPAN MOUNT ONTAKE VOLCANO: DEATH TOLL REACHES 47 (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, October 01, 2014, 15:39

Rescue workers have resumed the search for those missing in the Mount Ontake eruption

Rescue workers in Japan have recovered more bodies from Mount Ontake, bringing to 47 the number of those killed by Saturday's volcanic eruption.

The search resumed despite fears of toxic gases and another eruption.

The number of those unaccounted for is unknown but estimates say hundreds were at the summit at the time. Dozens were injured by falling debris.

Since then, volcanic tremors have been continuously detected with smoke still coming out of the volcano.

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