Volcano erupts in southwest Alaska; sends ash 20,000 feet

The USGS raised the volcano alert level to “Warning” and the aviation warning to “Red.”

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a volcano on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted on Sunday afternoon and sent ash 20,000 feet into the air.

The agency said the Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted at 4.18 p.m. local time. The agency also added that the eruption led to tremors on the ground.

The USGS raised the volcano alert level to “Warning” and the aviation warning to “Red.”

The agency said the volcano, which is about 4.4 miles in diameter, has had 40 known eruptions and “is one of the most consistently active volcanoes in the Aleutian arc.”

The USGS said that during a previous eruption in 2013, ash plumes rose 27,000 feet. Other eruptions have generated ash plumes as high as 49,000 feet.

The community closest to the volcano is Cold Bay, which is about 37 miles southwest of it.

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Source:Thehindu

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