Russian media reported that the ash of the erupting “Sheveluch” volcano reached Russian cities thousands of kilometers from the center of the volcano’s existence.
“Scientists from Belgorod State University today analyzed the (white) rain that fell on the city on Thursday and found traces of volcanic ash in it,” said Ivan Nikulin, Director of the Belgorod Engineering Center.
Residents of the city of Belgorod posted photos on social media showing the effects of the unusual rain that fell on the city on Thursday morning and left white spots on cars and clothes of people, so we analyzed those rain samples and expected it to contain sand, but it turned out to contain a large amount of potassium, and it was recently discovered in Kamchatka. It also indicated the possibility that it contained ash of volcanic, which can be ash from an erupting volcano.
Nikulin pointed out that “the rains in Belgorod do not pose a serious danger to people, experts will closely follow this issue, and they will discuss with meteorologists the extent of the possibility of such rains falling again -rain in the city.” “
Russian media, on the other hand, warned about the “Sheveloch” volcano that erupted on the Kamchatka Peninsula on April 11, and said that plumes of smoke rising from it reached a height of about 20 km and the sky in above it is covered. . With a cloud of dust over an area of tens of square kilometers, a new ash eruption was observed on April 12 as the dust emitted from the volcano reached a height of 10,000 m.
Source: Novosti
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