Chaos in Japan

A vol­cano erupt­ed in cen­tral Japan on Sat­ur­day, throw­ing hot ash­es and dead­ly fumes into the air, trap­ping moun­tain climbers and killing at least 36 people.

Sol­diers, fire­fight­ers and relief work­ers using gas detec­tion sys­tems, were able to res­cue some climbers trapped on top Mount Ontake, but also had to car­ry down and fly out bod­ies killed by tox­ic fumes and hot ashes.

As of now, the res­cue effort has been halt­ed due to huge plumes of vol­canic ash and tox­ic fumes still lin­ger­ing in the area.

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With the tech­nol­o­gy avail­able, where were the warnings?

Vol­cano in Japan, and social-media was there.

Mem­bers of Japan­ese Ground Self-Defense Force walk toward an UH-60 heli­copter in Ota­ki in Nagano Pre­fec­ture, cen­tral Japan, Tues­day, Sept. 30, 2014. Increased seis­mic activ­i­ty raised con­cern Tues­day about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of anoth­er erup­tion at a Japan­ese vol­cano where dozens of peo­ple were killed, forc­ing res­cuers to sus­pend plans to try to recov­er at least two dozen bod­ies still near the sum­mit. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda) 
In this Sun­day, Sept. 28, 2014 pho­to released by Nagoya City Fire Dept., Nagoya City fire­fight­ers, in orange, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force per­son­nel climb the ash-cov­ered slope to the sum­mit of Mount Ontake for their res­cue oper­a­tion of miss­ing hik­ers in cen­tral Japan. Increased seis­mic activ­i­ty raised con­cern Tues­day, Sept. 30 about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of anoth­er erup­tion at the Japan­ese vol­cano where dozens of peo­ple were killed by Sat­ur­day’s ini­tial erup­tion, forc­ing res­cuers to sus­pend plans to try to recov­er at least two dozen bod­ies still near the sum­mit. (AP Photo/Nagoya City Fire Dept.) 
Japan­ese Ground Self-Defense Force’s CH-47 heli­copter sits on the ground as Mount Ontake con­tin­ues to erupt in Ota­ki in Nagano Pre­fec­ture, cen­tral Japan, Tues­day, Sept. 30, 2014. Increased seis­mic activ­i­ty raised con­cern Tues­day about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of anoth­er erup­tion at a Japan­ese vol­cano where dozens peo­ple were killed, forc­ing res­cuers to sus­pend plans to try to recov­er at least two dozen bod­ies still near the sum­mit. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda) 
In this Sept. 28, 2014 pho­to, Nagoya city fire­fight­ers uses a gas ana­lyz­er to check tox­ic vol­canic fumes next to a Bud­dha stat­ue on the Mount Ontake in cen­tral Japan. Increased seis­mic activ­i­ty raised con­cern Tues­day about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of anoth­er erup­tion at a Japan­ese vol­cano where dozens of peo­ple were killed, forc­ing res­cuers to sus­pend plans to try to recov­er at least two dozen bod­ies still near the sum­mit. (AP Photo/Nagoya City Fire Dept.) 
In this Sun­day, Sept. 28, 2014 pho­to released by Nagoya City Fire Dept., Japan Ground Self-Defense Force per­son­nel and Nagoya city fire­fight­ers climb the ash-cov­ered slope to the moun­tain­top shrine for their res­cue oper­a­tion on the Mount Ontake in cen­tral Japan. Increased seis­mic activ­i­ty raised con­cern Tues­day about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of anoth­er erup­tion at a Japan­ese vol­cano where dozens of peo­ple were killed by Sat­ur­day’s ini­tial erup­tion, forc­ing res­cuers to sus­pend plans to try to recov­er at least two dozen bod­ies still near the sum­mit. (AP Photo/Nagoya City Fire Dept.) 

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