"Red" danger code: a powerful volcano eruption began on Russian Kamchatka (video)

Roszmi write that the height of the ash cloud was 15-20 kilometers. The locals say the sky is blackened, and a strong roar is heard from the volcano. On the night of April 11, a powerful eruption of the Shiveluch volcano began on the Russian Kamchatka. About it writes the edition "Komersant". According to Roszma, the settlements closest to the volcano covered with ashes. In addition, there is a snow snowstorm, watching the volcano is interfered with cyclone.

"However, according to the calculations, the height of the ash cloud was 15-20 kilometers,"-said the director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the SCV RAS, corresponding member of the RAS Alexei Ozerov. According to him, the volcano was assigned the highest "red" aviation danger code, but the situation is still analyzed by experts. Also, residents of the village, which is 47 km from the volcano, said that a strong roar was heard from the volcano.

The sky above the village was blackened. It was decided to cancel lessons in schools and children will be taught in distance. It is reported that local volcanologists provided paroxysmal eruption of Shiveluch a few months ago. At this stage, there are pyroclastic flows, there are powerful ash emissions and landslides. The network also publishes videos from the scene. The Shiveluccus Volcano is located on Kamchatka Island within the Eastern Range.

It is considered the northernmost of the existing volcanoes. Volcanic height is 3283 m, the highest point of the active part is 2800 m above sea level. His age is rated from 60 to 70 thousand years. Also on April 10 it was reported that the flood began in Belarus through the breakthrough of the dam. In one of the homel districts, the water supply has been damaged due to flooding. The water level in soot (river in the Gomel region - ed. ) As of April 9, reached a critical 6. 3 meters.