Mt. Shinmoedake Pula Mulai Mengganas!

Penduduk di sekitar Miyakonojo, di southern island of Kyushu, digesa supaya berada dalam keadaan siap sedia menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan bahawa letusan gunung yang lebih besar berlaku. Ini gambar2 yang dirakam pada 27 Jan 2011 - 11 Feb 2011. Muntahan gunung ini dikatakan masih belum lagi 'menggana' sepenuhnya. Kali terakhir Shinmoe meletus pada tahun 1716 and letusannya berakhir lebih dari 1 tahun setengah. Ini bermakna, jika ia mula memuntahkan 'isi perutnya', gunung ini akan terus memuntahkannya. Ia barubermula pada 27 Januari 2011 yang lalu.

Subhanallah! Allah yang mentadbirkan seluruh isi bumi dan langit ini mengikut kehendakNYA...

17 Feb 2011 09:39

Source: reuters // Reuters

TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - More than 2,500 people living near a volcano that has been spewing ash in southern Japan were advised to evacuate their homes on Thursday after heavy rain threatened mudslides of accumulated ash, a local official said.

Shinmoedake began erupting in late January, in its biggest activity in some 300 years. The volcanic activity has disrupted airline flights and blanketed nearby vegetable farms with ash, but there have been no reports of serious injury or deaths.

The Japan Meteorological Agency expected rainfall of more than 4 mm (0.16 inch) per hour to last until Thursday night, an amount that the local government said could cause mudslides.

The official, in the city of Miyakonojo, said 63 people had moved to evacuation centres by midday.

The town of Takaharu, located at the foot of 1,421 metre (4,662 ft) mountain on the southern island of Kyushu, also advised about 250 residents and a business to prepare for evacuation in case it was necessary.

(Reporting by Saika Takano; Editing by Michael Watson). Petikan dari http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/residents-near-japanese-volcano-urged-to-evacuate