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Mt. Sakurajima Erupts, Covers Kagoshima, Japan With Ash

Cleanup underway

Reason Staff | 8.19.2013 7:40 AM


A clean-up operation has begun in Japan after an eruption at a volcano covered an entire city with ash.

Footage shows Mount Sakurajima spewing the dark plume 5,000m into the air. It is the 500th eruption this year.

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