Japan's Sakurajima volcano: chance of large eruption 'extremely high'

Japan raises eruption warning for southern volcano to second-highest level and tells thousands of residents to prepare for a possible evacuation Japan's weather agency on Saturday told thousands of residents near a southern city to prepare for a possible evacuation as it upgraded a volcanic eruption warning. Officials raised their alert to its second-highest level after picking up increasing seismic activity around the volcano Sakurajima, which sits just off the coast of Kagoshima, a city of mor...