Miyake Island's Mount Oyama erupted again early Tuesday morning -- its second major blast this summer -- hastening the evacuation of 136 children later in the day.
More evacuations are expected to follow. Miyake village officials have requested that the metropolitan government shelter the roughly 1,200 children, elderly, and women who remained on the island as of Tuesday morning.
In all, 2,000 residents were on the island when the latest eruption sent a plume of smoke some 8,000 meters into the air.