Japanese government simulates what would happen if Mount Fuji erupted again, predicting Tokyo would be ...
(World News Science)

The Japanese government has released the results of a simulation showing what could happen if Mount Fuji erupted again today. The project was organized by the Central Disaster Management Council, which ran models predicting eruptions at 92 different vent locations on Mount Fuji. While lava could reach the outer edges of Tokyo, the primary danger will come from ash, which could fall through the air for several days, or even weeks. The Japanese government has run 92 different simulations for how Tokyo would be affected if Mount Fuji were to erupt again, predicting a worst case scenario that would see the city shut down in a matter of hours as more than 17.3billion cubic feet of ash spread...