Volcano spews ash cloud for second day on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

Volcanic ash covers the ground and houses after the Shiveluch volcano’s eruption in Klyuchi village on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia (Russian Academy of Sciences’ Volcanology Institute via AP)

A volcano spewed out ash for a second day Wednesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into the sky and blanketing wide areas.

Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, started erupting early on Tuesday, spewing dust across more than 300 miles north-west and engulfing several villages in grey volcanic dust in the largest fallout in nearly 60 years.