Nation : Alaska’s Volcano Active Again
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Redoubt Volcano erupted again today, hurling gritty volcanic ash 30,000 feet into the sky, where wind blew it toward Alaska’s largest city, officials say.
Ed Wolfe, a spokesman for the Alaska Volcano Observatory, called it a “modest eruption,” similar in energy to one that occurred Friday.
“We recorded it for about 20 minutes,” Wolfe said.
“We have pilot reports of a plume with some ash in it up to 30,000 feet or more,” he said. “Wind trajectories indicate the ash will move to the northeast in the direction of Anchorage.”
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