Chapter 269: The Erupting Volcano
The Shiretoko Peninsula is located in the northeastern corner of Hokkaido, the lowest latitude in the world, and the surrounding sea area is full of undulating mountain peaks, which is no more than 60 kilometers long, and volcanoes belonging to the Kuril Volcanic Belt are arranged in a straight line in the center of the peninsula.
The vast majority of volcanoes here are not extinct volcanoes, but dormant volcanoes, and there is even no shortage of active volcanoes, and frequent volcanic activity has created a large number of volcanic lakes, scattered among the volcanoes.
Where there is a volcano, there is no shortage of hot springs, and in addition to the large amount of snowfall here, the beautiful scenery of snowflakes and cherry blossoms can appear in the late snowmelt season, and the strange natural scenery attracts a large number of tourists to come here, and one hot spring resort or ski resort after another has been built.
At this time, it coincides with the end of March and the beginning of April, which is the season with the most tourists, but the change suddenly happens at night, the ground shakes, the houses collapse, accompanied by the rumbling roar from the ground, like a giant beast in the wilderness.
Although the locals were scared and worried, they didn't panic much, and hid in the corners of the walls, under the table, etc., according to the usual drills, waiting for the shaking to pass, and then leaving the house, but those resorts are not good, most of the tourists living in them have not encountered an earthquake, and suddenly such a strong earthquake suddenly became a pot of porridge, and ran out in a panic.
When I finally ran outside, I saw a terrifying scene, a mountain in the distance was like fireworks, spewing bright flames and billowing smoke and lava.
Pyroclastic flows of hot gases, rock debris and erupting ash roll down the hillside by gravity, submerging everything in its path. The gray torrent roared with billowing smoke and dust against the ground,
Countless red stones of different sizes were thrown into the air by the huge pressure, and thousands of red lights pierced the night, as beautiful as a meteor shower, but brought endless killing opportunities, these stones fell to the ground, smashed out one deep pit after another, and smashed on the house, it can easily penetrate several floors.
Dark red magma spread out from the top of the mountain, touching the snow, in 'Woo! Yikes! The slight sound turned into water vapor, making the beautiful snow scene disappear in an instant, but it was far from enough to stop the flow of magma, and it still flowed slowly and orderly down the mountain.
If earthquakes can still be taken for granted, even the locals cannot turn a blind eye to the eruptions, and they hurriedly run out of their homes to help the old and the young, and run away from their homes by car.
The road, which was not wide, was suddenly blocked by a sudden increase in traffic, 'Drop! Drip! Seeing that the volcano was still erupting, and the pungent smell of sulfur could already be smelled, many people simply abandoned their cars and walked forward, further aggravating the road blockage.
With a blocked road in front and an erupting volcano in the back, and a pyroclastic flow that is about to spread, people are under tremendous psychological pressure, and the cries and shouts are mixed with the sound of car horns and the sound of volcanic eruptions, forming a sonata called evacuation.
The news of the extinct volcano eruption of Mount Kirumun quickly spread around the world through the power of the Internet and the media, and people in other places saw the news and continued their work and life, and only leisure people might click in to see the excitement.
The people can be indifferent to the disaster that did not befall them, but TPC cannot, they reacted immediately, the first time the volcano erupted, they immediately urgently mobilized the rescue forces in the base, rushed to the scene by transport plane, and carried out the disaster relief mission.
The shelter that began to be upgraded half a year ago also came in handy, and it was immediately opened to accommodate the victims to enter the shelter, but the victims had not yet been settled, and tents and other tents began to be erected, and the eruption level of the Wumenyue volcano rose again, and the approach of volcanic ash made the two shelters closer to each other listed as dangerous areas, so the people who had just come in were immediately evacuated and moved to shelters farther away.
The loudspeaker kept repeating the words 'the shelter is closed, move immediately', and the panic in the hearts of the people turned into anger, and they vented on the TPC staff who came to help them, blaming the TPC for making them run around, complaining that TPC could not stop the eruption, and scolding TPC for only investigating and not predicting the eruption... But when pyroclastic flows approach, even the most angry people will flee the shelter in a panic.
TPC's disaster relief work has a variety of plans and processes, and it does not require too much attention from the top management, and the people in charge of this work are busy, so they should naturally rest and rest, sleep and sleep, and cannot stop eating, drinking, or sleeping because a certain place is affected by a disaster.
But all this changed after Munakata knocked on Megumi's door in the middle of the night, and Munakata, who entered Meguma's room, only said one sentence: "He thinks Gorzan may be in Mt. Kirimon." ”
"Mt. Kirimon? That volcano that erupted again? Megumi was shocked, and immediately said, "I'll go to the director." ”
Megumi Shoma immediately went to the area where the director lived, and in the name of urgency, asked the secretary to wake up Director Sawai, who had been asleep, although he was disturbed in the middle of the night, Director Sawai did not have a trace of displeasure, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried out of the bedroom in his pajamas and asked, "Did something happen?" ”
He understands Megumi Juma, and calling him in the middle of the night is definitely not a trivial matter.
Megumi said with a grim face, "Director, I think it is necessary to conduct a detailed investigation of the underground of Mount Kirimon. ”
Director Sawai was sleepy, and immediately asked, "Why?" ”
"Gorzan, who first appeared in the grassland, crossed the ocean from the ground to Akita..."Before Megumi Kurama finished speaking, Director Sawai replied, "Do you suspect that the re-eruption of Mount Kirumondake has something to do with Gorzan?" ”
"Hmm!" Megumi nodded and said, "The eruption of Mount Kirumondake is still going on, and the intensity is getting higher and higher every time, this is too strange, if it is really Gorzan's trouble, then the disaster may be beyond our imagination." ”
Director Sawai's face also became serious, and he turned on the display screen on the wall and found the map of Mount Kirimon, which was only fifty kilometers away from the location where Gorzan was buried, and thought of the cool lava at the burial site of Gorzan, Director Sawai couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
If it was really Gorzan who caused the eruption of Mount Kirumon, then things would be too bad, he could make an extinct volcano erupt, and it would definitely be easier for dormant volcanoes and active volcanoes to erupt, and the Shiretoko Peninsula lacks everything, just no shortage of volcanoes.