More than 30 hikers killed as volcano erupts in Japan

Rescue workers have discovered the bodies of 31 people near the peak of an erupting volcano in Japan.

Four victims were brought down and confirmed dead, one day after Mount Ontake’s big initial eruption, said Takehiko Furukoshi, a Nagano prefecture crisis-management official.

The 27 others were listed as having heart and lung failure, the customary way for Japanese authorities to describe a body until police doctors can examine it.