Tokyo, shrouded in midday darkness, trains were seen getting derailed, and roofs started to collapse under volcanic ash.
These are the visuals presented by Japan’s Cabinet Office before the public as they sent out warnings of a public catastrophic event linked to Mount Fuji.
The dramatically computer-generated movie shared on Tuesday to mark the Volcano Disaster Prevention Day is one of its kind, rolled out by the government. As per officials, it’s created to sharpen the public awareness of risks related to 111 volcanoes that the Meteorological Agency classified as active.
In that same simulation, there were clouds of smoke and ash erupting from Fuji’s 3776-meter summit, spewing huge boulders into the sky and sending rivers of lava down slopes.
In just two days, the capital was blanketed in ash as portrayed in the haunting AI video, and now experts are discussing how imminent the threat is.
The video is believed to warn Tokyo’s 20 million inhabitants of what they can expect next if Mount Fuji ever erupts.
So far, there are no suggestions to indicate that the eruption is taking place imminently. But we cannot forget that Fuji is an active volcano. The last time that we saw it erupt was nearly 318 years ago, in what was described as the Hoi eruption.