Police say about 230 people have since descended the volcano, while 41 people remain on the mountain, including injured climbers waiting to be rescued. Thats the word from Japans NHK News, which says the eruption seriously injured more than 30 people. The agency also says more than 10 people who were rescued remain unconscious. One hiker was killed, Reuters reports. Our original post continues: The eruption began just before noon local time. In an instant, it changed the hikers sunny day on the mountain into a scramble for someplace to take shelter from the oncoming rush of ash and small rocks on Mt. Ontakes craggy surface. Before-and-after photos of the scene are striking, as a landscape that had included bursts of green vegetation and brown dirt looks as if it had been blasted by snow. Saying all attempts will be made to rescue those trapped on the mountain, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says nearly 200 people are now trying to come down the mountain, reports national NHK TV. npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/27/351986593/hiker-catches-volcanos-eruption-on-video-and-is-overtaken-by-ash?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140927 youtube/watch?v=7Ea3uED1Zgc
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