Alaskan volcano’s week-long eruption spews another massive ash cloud

This web camera image provided by the US Geological Survey shows a low-level ash plume from the Shishaldin Volcano (Alaska Volcano Observatory/US Geological Survey via AP)

An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large on Tuesday that warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions.

The ash cloud with an initial height of around 5.5 miles was drifting south-southeast from Shishaldin Volcano, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said.