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epa04773175 A handout photo released by the Nagata Elementary School shows schoolchildren at Nagata Elementary School on Yakushima Island looking towards volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, about 12 km west of UNESCO’s World Heritage Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 130 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. EPA/KATSUNORI NAGASAKI/NAGATA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANDATORY CREDIT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04773173 A handout photo released by the Nagata Elementary School shows volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, about 12 km west of UNESCO’s World Heritage Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 130 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. EPA/KATSUNORI NAGASAKI/NAGATA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANDATORY CREDIT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04773192 A handout picture released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on 29 May 2015 and taken from video footage shows volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake and pyroclastic flow reaching the coast on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 140 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. Japanese characters read ’Kuchinoerabu Island’. EPA/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04773193 A handout picture released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on 29 May 2015 and taken from video footage shows volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 140 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. Japanese characters read ’Kuchinoerabu Island’. EPA/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04773190 A handout picture released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on 29 May 2015 and taken from video footage shows the moment of volcanic eruption from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 140 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. Japanese characters read ’Kuchinoerabu Island’. EPA/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04773191 A handout picture released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on 29 May 2015 and taken from video footage shows volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 140 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. Japanese characters read ’Kuchinoerabu Island’. EPA/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa04773189 A handout picture released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on 29 May 2015 and taken from video footage shows volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake and pyroclastic flow reaching the coast on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 140 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. Japanese characters read ’Kuchinoerabu Island’. EPA/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

TOKYO. Il vulcano Shindake, nell'isola di Kuchinoerabu, si è risvegliato dopo 34 anni con un'eruzione "esplosiva" e spettacolare che, pur non avendo causato vittime o feriti, ha lanciato verso il cielo una colonna di fumo e cenere. Sono circa 140 gli abitanti dell'isola della prefettura di Kagoshima, nell'estremo sud del Giappone, mentre la Jma (Japan Meterological Agency) ha alzato l'allerta a quota 5, il massimo livello, e sollecitato l'evacuazione. Il monte Shindake è a 650 metri sul livello del mare e a 100 km dall'isola di Kyushu. L'eruzione ha causato un pennacchio di cenere nera alto più di 9 km sopra il cratere e un flusso piroclastico verso la costa, ha riferito la Jma. L'ultimo bollettino ufficiale, ad ogni modo, ha escluso vittime o feriti, secondo gli aggiornamenti degli uffici della città locale di Yakushima. L'avviso di evacuazione si lega al grado di allerta di 5, il più alto possibile, in rialzo da quota 3 che impone limiti alla scalata del vulcano. L'Ufficio del primo ministro a Tokyo ha istituito un team di emergenza per la gestione della crisi e la guardia costiera giapponese ha inviato una propria unità nella zona. Il premier Shinzo Abe ha dato le disposizioni per garantire la sicurezza dei residenti dell'isola, ha riferito il portavoce del governo, Yoshihide Suga. I primi segnali di risveglio del vulcano Shindake sono dello scorso 3 agosto, con l'evacuazione precauzionale di 87 persone, dopo un lungo riposo di 34 anni. Secondo gli esperti, diversi elementi lasciano ipotizzare un'eruzione relativamente grande e prolungata.

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