Moscow: The Shivluch volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted on Tuesday, sending a plume of ash up to 15 km into the sky, threatening air traffic. The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences has declared the highest ‘red’ danger alert for aviation, reports a news agency.
It was warned that streams of hot lava could block the road. The institute also noted that volcanic ash could go up to 20 km and block the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-Ust-Kamchatsk highway. The sky within a radius of several kilometers from the volcano was covered with a dark cloud, accompanied by thunder due to static electricity in the ash cloud.
Ash began to fall in the village of Klyichi in the Ust-Kamchatsky district of Kamchatka region, where about 4,000 people live. The thickness of volcanic ash reached 8.5 cm in the village of Klychi. Some schools remained closed on Tuesday because of the explosion. Shivlok is one of the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka, with a height of more than 3,200 meters. It consists of three main structures – the Old Shivluch volcano, an ancient caldera, and the active Young Shivluch volcano. Young Shivluch’s most recent eruption started on 15 August 1999 and continued till 2021.
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