Five More Feared Dead in Japanese Volcano, Rescuers Called Off

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Rescue teams on Monday found five more bodies near the peak of Mount Ontake, the site of a deadly volcanic eruption that took hikers and climbers by surprise this past weekend, before fears of toxic gas exposure forced around 500 rescue workers to abandon the search.

The expected death toll now sits at 36, though only 12 deaths are confirmed. An additional 63 suffered injuries and eight are still recorded missing, according to Reuters

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Japan's first fatal eruption in nearly 25 years hit without warning at about noon on Saturday, sending large gray plumes of gas and smoke into the sky and leaving the landscape blanketed in a knee-deep layer of ash. Read more...

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