RUSSIA: Kamchatka Plosky Tolbachik volcano eruption sends clouds of ash into the sky

Record ID: 860597

  • Title: RUSSIA: Kamchatka Plosky Tolbachik volcano eruption sends clouds of ash into the sky
  • Date: 19th December 2012
  • Summary: KAMCHATKA REGION, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 17, 2012) (REUTERS) ARIAL VIEW OF PLOSKY TOLBACHIK VOLCANO ERUPTION STREAM OF LAVA POURING DOWN SLOPE SKYLINE VARIOUS ERUPTIONS OF LAVA CLOSE UP LAVA STREAM VARIOUS LAVA STREAM ARIAL VIEW OF SMOKE RISING FROM ERUPTION ERUPTION OF LAVA MAN ON THE GROUND LAVA STREAM LAVA STREAM WINDING THROUGH HILLS
  • Embargoed: 3rd January 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Russian Federation
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  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVA4PMAVNXWFG2TJGLHC6TE6XH7D
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  • Story Text: A volcano which has been dormant since the seventies has erupted in Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka peninsula.
    Volcanologists say that a crack about 5 kilometers long appeared on the slope of Plosky Tolbachik, pouring lava and sending clouds of ashes into the air.
    First eruptions of the volcano appeared on November 27 and volcanologists say it is too early to judge when they will end.
    Lava poured into a river valley, destroying a volcanologist research base and local tourist campsite, which according to authorities were empty at the time. Huge spreads of surrounding tundra and wildlife have been destroyed by the lava stream.
    Nearby towns of Mayskoye and Kozyrevsk have been affected by volcanic ash fall, but no human casualties have been recorded.
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