Bezymianny Volcano Sends 5-Kilometer Ash Plume as Orange Alert Stands

Overview

• KVERT reported an explosion at 21:30 local time that lofted ash to 5 kilometers, with a plume stretching about 54 kilometers to the northeast.
• The aviation color code remains orange, and the activity is deemed hazardous for local air operations.
• Alaska air traffic control instructed crews over the Bering Sea and northern Pacific to report any observed volcanic clouds or activity.
• Monitoring shows intensified effusive activity with strong gas and steam emissions, hot avalanches, and a large satellite-detected thermal anomaly.
• Emergency services caution that ashfall could reach settlements in Ust-Kamchatsky, Bystrinsky, and Milkovsky districts and advise against travel near the volcano; experts note a major 2024 eruption reached 12 kilometers and urge a review of air routes.