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29 March 2024

When a volcano erupts: Death atop Mount Ontake

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An aerial view shows rescue workers searching for missing people near mountain lodge with heavily damaged roof top in the erupted Mount Ontake, central Japan. (AP)

Firefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces descend Mount Ontake after they called off a search operation due to noxious fume in central Japan. (AP)

Firefighters advance to rescue climbers near the peak of Mount Ontake in central Japan. (AP)

Firefighters and members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces carry a person rescued from a cabin, top left, near the peak of Mount Ontake in central. (AP)

Plumes of smoke and ash billow from Mount Ontake as it continues to erupt in central Japan. (AP)

Rescue workers carry a climber rescued from Mount Ontake into an ambulance, in Kiso, Nagano prefecture in central Japan. (AP)

Plumes of smoke and ash billow from Mount Ontake as it continues to erupt for the third day in Otaki village, in Nagano prefecture, Japan. (AP)

A helicopter of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force hovers over Mount Ontake to rescue climbers around the peak of the mountain in central Japan. (AP)