The death toll in the Mount Ontake eruption is the worst for Japan in 88 years.

Military rescue units reported finding more bodies buried in ash, bringing the death toll to 47.  The searchers were called down from the mountain after the discovery after a discovery of poisonous gasses and fears the mountain was about to explode again.

The mountain had been covered with climbers and hikers who were looking at the fall colors of the leaves when the unexpected eruption blanketed the area with ash.  Hundreds were injured in some way by the blast and also breathing issues from the ash.

Witnesses said that there was no warning at all before the mountain erupted.

The death toll is the worst since 144 people died in a 1926 eruption on the island of Hokkaido.