Russia: Volcano eruption buries villages with dust; aviation warning issued
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Shiveluch, one of Russia's most active volcanoes, erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, sending a massive cloud of ash into the sky and burying nearby villages in gray volcanic dust. According to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Geophysical Survey, the eruption ejected an ash cloud over an area of 108,000 square kilometers, leading authorities to issue an aviation warning.
