Bad weather halts Japan volcano search
- 10 years ago
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Bad weather has forced rescuers to call off the search on Japan's Mount Ontake for 16 missing hikers.
The death toll from the volcano's eruption on Saturday, currently at 47, is the worst in a century.
Footage from Japan's Self Defense Forces shows rescuers descending the mountain after they were given orders to go back on Thursday afternoon.
A typhoon, still far away, is expected to bring heavy rainfall and prevent search operations for some days.
Bad weather has forced rescuers to call off the search on Japan's Mount Ontake for 16 missing hikers.
The death toll from the volcano's eruption on Saturday, currently at 47, is the worst in a century.
Footage from Japan's Self Defense Forces shows rescuers descending the mountain after they were given orders to go back on Thursday afternoon.
A typhoon, still far away, is expected to bring heavy rainfall and prevent search operations for some days.