A government-appointed panel, composed of volcanologists and disaster preparedness experts, has now issued a set of ...

Mount Fuji erupted. The disaster came on the heels of the Great Hōei earthquake, whose tectonic activity compressed magma ...

A government-appointed panel in Japan has come up with measures on what to do if Mount Fuji erupts on a massive scale and ...

The Japanese government has issued a contingency plan for a potential Mount Fuji eruption, to help the public prepare for the ...

30 centimeters or more: In this scenario, evacuation becomes essential due to the risk of structural collapse in wooden houses, particularly when rain could turn dry ash into a dangerously heavy ...

The expert group has categorized ash accumulation into four distinct stages: Mount Fuji's last eruption, which occurred in 1707, lasted for two weeks and significantly impacted nearby regions. Experts ...

The Japanese government has released new guidelines for residents in case of a Mount Fuji eruption, advising them to stay ...

Mt. Fuji is an active volcano sat some 80 miles ... Lava, absent from the 1707 Hoei eruption, would today likely destroy the roads that serve as emergency evacuation routes, hampering evacuations ...

A Japanese government panel compiled on Friday measures to be taken in the event of ash falling from a large-scale eruption ...

About 180 eruptions of Mount Fuji have been confirmed over the past 5,600 years. The last major one affecting what is now Tokyo occurred in 1707. In 2020, the government’s Central Disaster ...

Mandatory evacuations were underway in Polk County, North Carolina, as firefighters battled three blazes. In South Carolina, ...