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From CGI's Samantha:

This volcano has not erupted in 35 years and more than 200 hikers were on their way up to view this volcano when suddenly with no warning it erupted. Watch the video it is shocking and amazing. Fears of a second major eruption now is possible also.

Mount Ontake, Japan (CNN) -- At least 30 people are presumed dead after rescuers found them showing no signs of life Sunday near the summit of a Japanese volcano that started erupting a day earlier.

Police said the people were in a state of "cardiac arrest," meaning that they were discovered without a pulse and weren't breathing but hadn't been declared dead by a doctor.

Rescue teams had begun searching Sunday for dozens of climbers who were caught by the sudden eruption of Mount Ontake.
Volcanic ash envelopes hikers

The volcano in central Japan unleashed a huge cloud of ash late Saturday morning that billowed down the mountainside and engulfed hikers in its path. Witnesses described hearing a sound like thunder when the eruption began.

The exact number of people unaccounted for was unclear, as officials were uncertain how many had already made it off the mountain.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/28/world/asia/japan-volcano-ontake/index.html?hpt=hp_t1