Earlier in the day, Oleg Bondarenko, the head of the Ust-Kamchatsky district, said on Telegram that the sky was covered with a black cloud within a radius of several tens of kilometers from the volcano and ashes began to fall in the villages of Kliuchi and Kozyrevsk.
The eruption of Shiveluch in Kamchatka began early Tuesday morning. Residents of the affected areas were advised not to leave the premises unnecessarily. A
ccording to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the ash cloud can reach Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which is located 450 (280 miles) kilometers from Shiveluch. Scientists said that the ash fall in the village of Kliuchi was the strongest in 60 years.
Shiveluch is one of Kamchatka's largest, most active, and continuously erupting volcanoes, as well as one of the most active on the planet. Shiveluch is located in central Kamchatka. This time, the eruption of Shiveluch is accompanied by similar activities at the Bezymianny volcano. On April 7, four strong ash emissions occurred on Bezymianny, which is located 90 kilometers southwest of Shiveluch.