Ash cloud from Russian volcano prompts flight cancellations in Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mt. Shiveluch in Russia began erupting again Tuesday, and an ash cloud has entered the jet stream and traveled above Washington and Idaho.
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mt. Shiveluch in Russia began erupting again Tuesday, and an ash cloud has entered the jet stream and traveled above Washington and Idaho.
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mt. Shiveluch in Russia began erupting again Tuesday, and an ash cloud has entered the jet stream and traveled above Washington and Idaho.
Issuing a code red Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation, the team noted that a 'large ash cloud' was moving west of the volcano.
Russia's Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka Peninsula erupted sending up an ash plume 10km high, posing a threat to air traffic.
Shiveluch has erupted at least 60 times in the last 10,000 years. The most recent major eruption was in 2007. Mt Shiveluch is divided into two sections: Young Shiveluch and Old Shiveluch