Could Air Travel Be Disrupted by Alaska Volcano?

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Weather.com - AP and Weather.com, 5/06/13

A file photo of Mt. Cleveland in Alaska's Aleutian Islands before the volcano's recent eruption. Getty Images/Scott Darsney

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  -- Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption following an explosion early Saturday morning, scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Satellites and cameras suggest low-level emissions of gas, steam and ash, scientists said, and satellites detected highly elevated surface temperatures at the summit. A faint plume of ash extended eastward below 15,000 feet, but the Federal Aviation Administration said there were no flight restrictions as a result.

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