Japan's Mount Aso volcano spews plumes of ash, people warned away
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A volcano erupted in Japan on Wednesday, blasting ash several miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn against the threat of lava flows and falling rocks, but there were no reports of injuries or casualties.
Mount Aso, a tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu, sent plumes of ash 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) high when it erupted at about 11:43 a.m. Japan time, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
It raised the alert level for the volcano to 3 on a scale of 5, telling people not to approach, and warned of a risk of large falling rocks and pyroclastic flows within a radius of about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) around the mountain's Nakadake crater.
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