PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, 13 Aug The activity of the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka has increased after a long silence, according to the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This year, it collapsed, magmatic material is squeezed out in its place. Ash outbursts occur, incandescent avalanches move along the slopes, «the employee of the Klyuchevskoy volcano station, Yuri Demyanchuk, said in a statement. «It is impossible to escape from the pyroclastic flow, the temperature inside the flow can reach 800 degrees Celsius. It is deadly for a person who will be on its way. It is also extremely difficult to predict when and in which direction the flow will go,» said Yuriy Demyanchuk. added that with such a development of events, the destruction of the lava dome could occur. Shiveluch is one of the largest volcanoes in Kamchatka. It includes three main structures: the Old Shiveluch volcano, the ancient caldera and the active Young Shiveluch volcano. The height of the lava dome of Molodoy Shiveluch is 2500 m. The volcano is located at the intersection of the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian island arcs, at a distance of 50 kilometers from the village of Klyuchi and 450 kilometers from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The age of the giant is estimated at 60-70 thousand years.
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