Chief specialist of the All-Russian Institute of Mineral Raw Materials, leading researcher at the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ivan Makhotkin spoke about the eruption of the Sheveluch volcano. He noted that when water enters the crater, vaporization occurs, and this, in turn, leads to active ash formation.
Mahotkin also said that the eruption can affect the environment and cause cooling of the environment. Earlier, an eyewitness reported that the sky over the Ust-Kamchatsky district in some places was covered with a cloud of ash.