Japan Mount Aso Erupts (Oct 22) Live drone footage, massive eruption sends tourists in Japan fleeing

Japan’s Mount Aso volcano suddenly erupted while tourists looked on from a viewing station, with the whole thing caught on livestream. Mount Aso erupted on Wednesday morning at just after 11:40 a.m. local time. The eruption sent an enormous cloud of ash and dust high into the air, engulfing the nearby landscape. There have been no immediate reports of casualties, Reuters reported early Wednesday morning. The 5,223-foot-tall mountain is a tourist destination on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. There is a visitor center located a few kilometers away from the volcano—the Aso Volcano Museum—which hosts a livestream on YouTube pointed towards Mount Aso.