🌋 Russia’s Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano erupted on Tuesday, October 31, sending plumes of ashes almost 10 km into the air, according to local officials. The Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team issued a red alert for aviation, as the activity could impact “low-flying aircraft.” This imagery, captured by Japan’s Himawari 9 satellite and released by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), shows the large plumes of smoke emanating from the volcano between Wednesday and

🌋 Kamchatka Quake Triggers Volcanic Eruption 🌋 Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the tallest active volcano in Eurasia, has erupted just hours after the massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast. Lava flows and ash plumes have been confirmed. More than 100 aftershocks have rattled the region since the main quake. The ground remains unstable and the situation is still escalating. We are monitoring it all closely and will have updates tonight if anything new happens. #Kamchatka #VolcanoErup