At approximately 2136 EST, the volcano, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, erupted. Over the last hour, an ash cloud has reached 10km into the atmosphere and a river of lava is running down the side of the mountain..Local authorities have begun evacuating a number of villages in the area and are collecting supplies at transit hubs in order to cloth and feed evacuated persons..According to Russian state-owned media: "Klyuchevskoy Volcano (Klyuchevskaya Sopka) is the highest active volcano in Eurasia. The volcano is a regular cone with a summit crater about 700 m in diameter. There are about 80 side explosion craters and cinder cones on the slopes. The volcano is located 30 km from the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatka region, where about 4.5 thousand people live.".As of this publication, the eruption is ongoing.
At approximately 2136 EST, the volcano, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, erupted. Over the last hour, an ash cloud has reached 10km into the atmosphere and a river of lava is running down the side of the mountain..Local authorities have begun evacuating a number of villages in the area and are collecting supplies at transit hubs in order to cloth and feed evacuated persons..According to Russian state-owned media: "Klyuchevskoy Volcano (Klyuchevskaya Sopka) is the highest active volcano in Eurasia. The volcano is a regular cone with a summit crater about 700 m in diameter. There are about 80 side explosion craters and cinder cones on the slopes. The volcano is located 30 km from the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatka region, where about 4.5 thousand people live.".As of this publication, the eruption is ongoing.
