Volcano in Japan erupts again

Mt Shinmoe volcano in southern Japan erupted again on the morning of Tuesday, and the country's Meteorological Agency in which it is the fourth and most powerful eruption in recent days.

About 240 residents were evacuated from the city Takaharu the weekend, when the volcano has returned to hatching.

Tuesday eruption was so powerful that it broke the windows of more than 150 structures near the city of Kirishima, local officials said. woman of 91 years, cities have reported minor injuries when he fell from a broken glass.

The eruptions began last Wednesday, and at one point spewed ash up to 9,800 feet (3,000 meters) in the air, authorities said.

Recent Mt. Shinmoe eruption was in July. epidemic large as modern ones, but the last was discovered about 52 years ago, the meteorological observatory said.