00:50Eyewitnesses filmed an ash column billowing above a forest during the eruption of Shiveluch volcano near Klyuchi village in Kamchatka region.
Footage filmed on Tuesday shows huge clouds of grey ash blanketing the sky, while the author of the video, surprised by the phenomenon, exclaims: 'It’s going to get us over here!'
The press service of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Centre, reported on Wednesday that as of 10:00 local time (GTM 22:00, Tuesday) the volcanic eruption continued and the height of ash emissions was about 10,000 metres above sea level.
Earlier the press office reported that the volcano began erupting at 05:44 local time on Tuesday (GMT 17:44 on Monday), with ash reaching a height of 20,000 metres above sea level. The event was assigned a 'code red air danger'.
"On the night of April 11, the long-awaited massive eruption of Shiveluch finally happened. The active stage of seismic preparation had been underway for a year. All this time numerous earthquakes were observed, there was volcanic shaking, occasional ash emissions to a height of 5-6 km above sea level, the glow of the glowing cone was observed, rock avalanches were constantly coming down," the report read.
According to Kamchatka's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM), the ash eruption affected the villages of Klyuchi and Kozyrevsk, as well as the village of Mayskoye in the Ust-Kamchatka district.
'It's going to get us over here!' Ash column falls over forest after volcanic eruption in Kamchatka *EXCLUSIVE*
Eyewitnesses filmed an ash column billowing above a forest during the eruption of Shiveluch volcano near Klyuchi village in Kamchatka region.
Footage filmed on Tuesday shows huge clouds of grey ash blanketing the sky, while the author of the video, surprised by the phenomenon, exclaims: 'It’s going to get us over here!'
The press service of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Centre, reported on Wednesday that as of 10:00 local time (GTM 22:00, Tuesday) the volcanic eruption continued and the height of ash emissions was about 10,000 metres above sea level.
Earlier the press office reported that the volcano began erupting at 05:44 local time on Tuesday (GMT 17:44 on Monday), with ash reaching a height of 20,000 metres above sea level. The event was assigned a 'code red air danger'.
"On the night of April 11, the long-awaited massive eruption of Shiveluch finally happened. The active stage of seismic preparation had been underway for a year. All this time numerous earthquakes were observed, there was volcanic shaking, occasional ash emissions to a height of 5-6 km above sea level, the glow of the glowing cone was observed, rock avalanches were constantly coming down," the report read.
According to Kamchatka's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM), the ash eruption affected the villages of Klyuchi and Kozyrevsk, as well as the village of Mayskoye in the Ust-Kamchatka district.
Eyewitnesses filmed an ash column billowing above a forest during the eruption of Shiveluch volcano near Klyuchi village in Kamchatka region.
Footage filmed on Tuesday shows huge clouds of grey ash blanketing the sky, while the author of the video, surprised by the phenomenon, exclaims: 'It’s going to get us over here!'
The press service of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Centre, reported on Wednesday that as of 10:00 local time (GTM 22:00, Tuesday) the volcanic eruption continued and the height of ash emissions was about 10,000 metres above sea level.
Earlier the press office reported that the volcano began erupting at 05:44 local time on Tuesday (GMT 17:44 on Monday), with ash reaching a height of 20,000 metres above sea level. The event was assigned a 'code red air danger'.
"On the night of April 11, the long-awaited massive eruption of Shiveluch finally happened. The active stage of seismic preparation had been underway for a year. All this time numerous earthquakes were observed, there was volcanic shaking, occasional ash emissions to a height of 5-6 km above sea level, the glow of the glowing cone was observed, rock avalanches were constantly coming down," the report read.
According to Kamchatka's Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM), the ash eruption affected the villages of Klyuchi and Kozyrevsk, as well as the village of Mayskoye in the Ust-Kamchatka district.