On the night of April 11, the Shiveluch volcano erupted in Kamchatka, accompanied by an ash ejection to a height of 15 km.
The Institute of Volcanology of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that the seismic activity of the volcano has increased, and hot streams can block the highway Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky — Ust-Kamchatsk.
Now the volcano has been assigned the highest «red» hazard code for aviation. Video surveillance in the ejection area is difficult due to weather conditions.
Shiveluch is an active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula within the Eastern Range. The northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka. The distance from Shiveluch to the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 440 km, to the village of Klyuchi is 47 km, to Krutoberegovo is 98 km, to Ust-Kamchatsk is 87 km.
The height of the volcano is 3283 m, the highest point of the active part is 2800 m above sea level. Age — 60-70 thousand years.