• Under the volcano: White wisps swirl around Mount Fuji as seen from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 18. | KYODO
    Under the volcano: White wisps swirl around Mount Fuji as seen from Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 18. | KYODO

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SHIZUOKA – An eruption of Mount Fuji could force some 567,000 people to evacuate their homes, according to a new estimate.

The projection is part of an evacuation plan crafted by the Shizuoka Prefectural Government that also says more than 130,000 people, comprising some 50,000 households, would have to relocate if lava were to reach residential districts in the city of Fuji, which lies just south of the 3,776-meter mountain.

Depending on the number and locations of vents, evacuation from wider areas could be needed. The plan is based on a hazard map prepared by the central government based on Fuji’s last eruption, in 1707.

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