Volcano erupts on Japan's main southern island 00:32. Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan 's main southern island of Kyushu, where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the ...

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tokyo — Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the nighttime sky.

The volcano, which is called Sakurajima and is located on the southern tip of Kyushu near the city of Kagoshima, erupted at about 8:05 p.m., the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

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Japanese authorities declared an Alert Level 5, the highest possible, after the volcano Mount Sakurajima started erupting today, Sunday 24 July, at 8.05 p.m. (7.05 a.m. ET).