1st group of Miyakejima residents visit home.TOKYO, Sept. 18 Kyodo (EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. : UPDATING WITH END OF HOME VISIT) Some 350 residents of Miyakejima Island completed their brief visits home Tuesday, one year after they evacuated the island following volcanic eruptions volcanic eruptions discharging of fumes, dust and lava from volcanoes. They have damaging potential in addition to those of being physically overpowering by the lava flow or the ash or dust fallout. . The group, the first of about 1,600 islanders expected to make the trip to the island on five occasions up to Sept. 26, left Tokyo port Monday night on a chartered boat, reached the island at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday and arrived back at the port late afternoon. During the six-hour stay, they were allowed to take two bags of belongings back to Tokyo. A second group is scheduled to set sail (Naut.) to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. See also: Sail for the island later in the day. Volcanic activity has abated Abated, an ancient technical term applied in masonry and metal work to those portions which are sunk beneath the surface, as in inscriptions where the ground is sunk round the letters so as to leave the letters or ornament in relief. From 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica but large volumes of volcanic gas Volcanic gases include a variety of substances given off by active (or, at times, by dormant) volcanos. These include gases trapped in cavities (vesicles) in volcanic rocks, dissolved or dissociated gases in magma and lava, or gases emanating directly from lava or indirectly continue to pour out of the volcano Mt. Oyama, a resident who visited the island Tuesday said. In July, 69 residents from the most severely damaged area of the island made similar trips. Officials of the Miyake village office said they intend next month to conduct a survey on the economic status of the inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. and the damage to their homes after all scheduled trips are completed. The Tokyo metropolitan government ordered the evacuation of all 3,850 Miyakejima residents Sept. 1 last year after eruptions of the 813-meter Mt. Oyama on the island. The island, about 200 kilometers south of the capital, is under the jurisdiction of Tokyo. |
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