Volcanic eruption forces evacuations in two Japanese towns

This long exposure image shows the eruption of volcano Sakurajima on Sunday night (Kyodo News via AP)

Dozens of people have been evacuated in two towns on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the sky.

Large rocks fell as far as 1.5 miles from the Sakurajima volcano on Sunday night in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima.