Ministry of Public Administration and Security expert meeting\n”Wind blowing in the sky over Mt. Fuji and concerns about volcanic ash are low because it is far away.”
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According to an analysis, even if Mount Fuji in Japan explodes, its impact on Korea will be minimal. Amid growing concerns over the explosion of Mt. Fuji in Japan, domestic experts believe that the scale of domestic damage will be low.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security held an “Experts Meeting for Volcanic Ash Impact Analysis and Damage Reduction” on the 28th and conducted a preliminary review on whether there is an impact on Korea if Mount Fuji explodes. According to NHK, the Japan Meteorological Administration held a meeting earlier this year with experts to establish a new forecast system for volcanic eruptions amid steady concerns over the possibility of a Mount Fuji eruption.
Experts from the Volcanic Disaster Prevention Committee, the Korea Meteorological Administration, and the National Disaster and Safety Research Institute participated in the expert meeting held by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security. Experts predicted that even if Mount Fuji explodes, the impact on Korea will be quite limited as the western wind mainly occurs in the upper Japanese weather due to the influence of the western wind.
The Japanese Cabinet also analyzed the extent of the disaster impact caused by volcanic ash deposition during the eruption of Mount Fuji in 2020 within about 200 km. Since Korea is more than 800 kilometers away from Mount Fuji, the damage is expected to be relatively small.
Meanwhile, apart from Mount Fuji, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security has been jointly preparing and promoting a “comprehensive measures to reduce volcanic ash damage” in 2017 to systematically prepare and respond to possible volcanic ash damage on Mount Baekdu.
According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security’s guidelines for action, you should quickly evacuate indoors before a volcanic ash falls, and block the door gap or ventilation with a wet towel. While volcanic ash falls, stay indoors as much as possible and listen to disaster broadcasts through radio. Jeong Chang-sung, director of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security’s Natural Disaster Bureau, said, “There have been no cases of Japanese volcanic eruptions affecting Korea so far, but we urge the people to be familiar with the guidelines for action in case of volcanic ash falls.”
AloJapan.com