On the morning of April 11, a powerful eruption of the Shiveluch volcano occurred on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexey Ozerov, reported that the height of the ash cloud reached 15-20 kilometers. The eruption of Shiveluch on April 11 reached a paroxysmal stage, according to Ozerov.

Due to poor weather conditions, video surveillance of the volcano has been difficult, with ongoing cyclone activity, snow, and blizzards. However, according to calculations, the height of the ash cloud reached 15-20 kilometers," Ozerov stated. At 5:44 a.m.(GMT +12), the volcano's activity peaked, and a red aviation warning was assigned to it.

On the morning of April 11th, a powerful eruption of the Shiveluch volcano occurred on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexey Ozerov, reported that the height of the ash cloud reached 15-20 kilometers. The eruption of Shiveluch on April 11th reached a paroxysmal stage, according to Ozerov.

Due to poor weather conditions, video surveillance of the volcano has been difficult, with ongoing cyclone activity, snow, and blizzards. However, according to calculations, the height of the ash cloud reached 15-20 kilometers," Ozerov stated. At 5:44 a.m.(GMT +12), the volcano's activity peaked, and a red aviation warning was assigned to it.

According to scientists, the glowing streams of lava can travel up to 20 kilometers and block the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Ust-Kamchatsk highway. The falling ash has already covered nearby settlements, and the sky has been blanketed by a black cloud. Credit to: Dmitriy Levin