Bulkan sa Russia, nagbuga ng abo sa Kamchatka peninsula

This image obtained from NASA, shows an ash plume from the Shiveluch volcano, in Kamchatka Peninsula, in eastern Russia. Shiveluch, the northernmost volcano in Kamchatka, is around 70 thousand years old and more than three thousand metres high. Powerful eruptions have already been observed on Shiveluch for more than 200 years. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO HANDOUT-NASA"/ NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == (Photo by NASA / AFP)

This image obtained from NASA, shows an ash plume from the Shiveluch volcano, in Kamchatka Peninsula, in eastern Russia. Shiveluch, the northernmost volcano in Kamchatka, is around 70 thousand years old and more than three thousand metres high. Powerful eruptions have already been observed on Shiveluch for more than 200 years. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA (Photo by NASA / AFP)

Sumabog na ang Shiveluch volcano sa Russia at nagbuga ng abo sa malawak na bahagi ng dulong silangan ng Kamchatka peninsula, na posibleng magdulot ng panganib sa mga flight at maging sanhi ng pagkaparalisa ng ilang villages.

Makikita sa mga video na ibinahagi ng mga opisyal ang isang malaking pader ng abo na umaakyat mula sa mayelong kagubatan.

Nag-isyu ng isang red code warning ang volcanologists para sa mga flight, at hinimok naman ng aviation authority ng Russia na Rosaviatsiya ang mga crew na “patuloy na subaybayan ang mga pagbabago sa meterological information.”

Iniulat ng Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT), na sumusubaybay sa mga pagsabog sa rehiyon, na ang ash cloud ay pumailanlang daan-daang kilometro (milya) sa hilaga at timog-kanluran ng Shiveluch.

Sa kanilang red code alert notice ay sinabi ng KVERT, “An extrusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash clouds of up to 15 kilometres (49,200 feet) tall … could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft.”

This NASA satellite image released 12 May, 2004 shows brown ash darkening the snow to the southeast (R) of the Shiveluch Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula following another of the volcano’s frequent eruptions. According to the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response Team, the volcano began an explosive eruption 09 May, sending a plume of ash up 8,000 meters (26,400 feet) into the atmosphere. When the NASA Terra satellite passed over early on 10 May, the volcano was still emitting a tan plume of ash, visible over the Pacific Ocean southeast of the volcano. AFP PHOTO/HO/NASA (Photo by HO / NASA / AFP)

Ayon naman sa Rosaviatsiya, nag-isyu ito ng notice sa mga crew ng eroplano na nag-aatas sa kanilang tiyakin ang kaligtasan ng kanilang flights.

Idinagdag pa nito na nakahanda ang regional air traffic management teams, na “tulungan ang crews ng Russian at foreign airlines sa pagpili ng alternatibong ligtas na mga ruta.”

Sinabi ni Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov, na tatlong villages na kinabibilangan ng Kliuchy, Kozyrevsk at Mayskoye ang pinakagrabeng naapektuhan. Hinimok niya ang mga tao doon na manatili sa kanilang bahay at inanunsiyo na ang mga paaralan ay isinara.

Ang mga nabanggit na liblib na village ay nasa Kamchatka river sa silangang bahagi ng peninsula.

Sa kaniyang telegram post ay sinabi ni Solodov, “As much as possible, stay at home. We are waiting for the forecasts of volcanologists monitoring the eruption to assess how long the ashfall will last, and schools would switch to remote classes for the duration of the aftermath of the disaster.”

This NASA satellite image released 13 January, 2004 shows ash (brownish left of center) from the Shiveluch volcano, in Russia. Shiveluch erupted 11 January, 2004, sending volcanic ash to a height of 1.5 kilometers, and rock and melted snow down the mountainside. At a height of 10,771 feet, Shiveluch is one of the region’s largest and most active volcanoes. AFP PHOTO/NASA (Photo by NASA / NASA / AFP)

Aniya, “There were some problems with water supply and the authorities were delivering bottled water. Health officials had ‘gone and went into every house, every apartment’ in the villages to check on residents.”

Ayon sa KVERT, ang Shiveluch ay nasa pagitan ng 60,000 at 70,000 years old, at isa sa pinakamalaking bulkan sa Kamchatka Peninsula na kakaunti lamang ang populasyon.

Sa pagtaya ng Global Volcanism Program ng Smithsonian Institution, wala pang 12,000 katao ang nakatira sa loob ng 100 kilometrong radius ng Shiveluch.

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