The city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, commemorated Thursday the 43 victims of a 1991 deadly pyroclastic flow caused by explosive eruptions of Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak.About 150 people and officials, including family members of the victims, Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura and Shimabara Mayor Ryuzaburo Furukawa, attended an official memorial service at the city's Nita Danchi Daiichi Park and offered silent prayers.D"We will continue our efforts to convey the threat of volcanic disasters to future generations so that disaster memories will not fade," said Sumi Omachi, 64,…READ FULL ARTICLE
