1991 Mount Unzen eruption

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Mount Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, erupted in 1991. Volcanic activity began in November 1990, and a large-scale pyroclastic flow occurred on June 3, 1991, causing extensive damage. In total, 43 people were killed or went missing. The volcanic activity finally subsided in 1995. The event was the deadliest volcanic disaster in post-war Japan until the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontake. The event is known in Japanese as the Heisei eruption (平成大噴火, Heisei daifunka).

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