At least 36 dead in Japan volcano eruption

At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend, raining ash and stones on hikers, but the search for victims was abandoned

Rescuers at the peak of Mount Ontake, now an eerie moonscape under a thick layer of grey ash,

yesterday found five more victims of Saturday’s eruption at Japan’s second- highest active volcano but authorities did not immediately confirm them as dead.