The news coming from the Japanese authorities on the number of casualties from the eruption of Mount Ontake has been confusing.
Different outlets report 27 dead, while others report four. It seems different outlets are reporting differing numbers which is not unusual during the early stages of a story. However, this story has been going on for about two days.
But, the oddest thing of all has been this story at Kyodo News and other outlets:
Eight climbers presumed dead following the weekend eruption of Mt. Ontake in central Japan were transported by rescuers to the foot of the mountain on Monday.
As roughly 550 police, firefighters and Self-Defense Forces personnel resumed their rescue operations, halted the previous day due to toxic gas near the peak, rescuers took the bodies of five men and three women down the 3,067-meter volcano."Presumed dead"?! Don't they know if the eight "bodies" brought down are dead or not? Doesn't the Kyodo News have reliable government sources to tell them whether or not the "bodies" brought down Mount Ontake are dead?
What kind of reporting will be next?
"The body, presumed dead, was cremated yesterday."
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