Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji could paralyze Tokyo with ash if it erupted, choking roads and halting water supplies, according to a government disaster planning study, a news report said Tuesday. In the past, the government has estimated that an eruption could result in damage and losses worth over 2.5 trillion yen ($23 billion). “Mount Fuji is categorized a young volcano,” Nagao told AFP. “It would be no surprise if Mount Fuji erupts any time in the near future.”Japan, with more than 110 active volcanoes, sits on the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire” where a large proportion of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded. On September 27, 2014, Japan suffered its deadliest eruption in almost 90 years when Mount Ontake, in central Nagano prefecture, burst unexpectedly to life.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 01, 2018 08:15 UTC