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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Russia’s Shiveluch volcano erupts leaving village under 8cm layer of ash

A village has been left beneath 8cm of ash after a volcano erupted in Russia on Tuesday, spewing dust 12 miles into the sky.

The ash cloud from Shiveluch - one of the most actives volcanoes in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula - engulfed several settlements and left the village of Klyuchi, 30 miles from the volcano, covered in a layer of grey volcanic dust 8cm deep.

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