Fig. 20From: “Volcanism in the Chugoku region: a review for the first UNESCO field school on Geoenvironmental disaster reduction”Lahar deposit emplaced within a residential area at Mt Usu, Hokkaido in 2000. While this eruption caused extensive damage to houses and infrastructure, it caused no human casualties, due to close monitoring of the volcano and efficient hazard mitigation effortsBack to article page