Mount Vesuvius & Pompeii: Facts & History

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A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday, November 16, sending a plume of smoke and ash as high as 4.4 kilometers (2.73 miles) into the air and causing dozens of flight cancellations. The volcano, which is called Sakurajima and is located on the southern tip of Kyushu near the city of Kagoshima, erupted at about 1 a.m. (1600 GMT on Saturday), the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. There were two more eruptions at about 2:30 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. I