100-year-old volcano ash in Alaska kicked up by winds
JUNEAU, Alaska – A smog-like haze that hung over part of Alaska's Kodiak Island this week was courtesy of a volcanic eruption -- 100 years ago. The National Weather Service said strong winds and a lack of snow Tuesday helped stir up ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, the largest volcanic blast of the 20th century. The ash drifted up to about 4,000 feet and traveled over the Shelikof Strait and across Kodiak Island, prompting an aviation alert. The news was first reported by KMXT radio. Weather service meteorologist Brian Hagenbuch said it isn't unheard of for ash from Novarupta to create a haze, but it isn't very common either. Winds in the area were blowing about 35 to 40 mph, with gusts of more than 52 mph. Officials first picked up the haze on a weather camera Tuesday when the sun was rising. "It looked very foggy. ...
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Brian Hagenbuch
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| 0 | "It looked very foggy. ... It was kind of a curious thing," Hagenbuch said. ... |
| 0 | "It looked very foggy. ... It was kind of a curious thing," Hagenbuch said. "We didn't expect fog there." |
| -0.035113 | "brownish, smog-type look," he said. ... |
| 0 | "milky white plume" spreading out from the northern Alaska peninsula, and authorities later confirmed the existence of ash particles, he ... |
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Charlene Clampffer
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| 0 | "It was over everything," Clampffer said. ... |
| 0 | "It looked like it was going to rain or something when we first noticed it," she said. ... |
| 0.0214476 | "We had to wear masks and take care of ourselves," Clampffer said. ... |
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Dave Schneider
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