Japanese volcano blows its stack

Geologists monitor latest eruptions at Sakurajima, which is sending large amounts of ash into the air Japan's Sakurajima volcano, which has been regularly recorded blowing its stack since the 10th century, is at it again. The volcano, located in the south of the country near the city of Kagoshima, is perhaps most famous for a 1914 eruption, which went into the record books as the most powerful of any in 20th century Japan. The latest flare-up recently led the nation's meteorological agency to issue an ash warning for the Sakurajima volcano, now considered to be "very dangerous." But given what Japan has gone through these last several weeks, this is probably the least of the nation's worries just about now....Read More