Ethiopia: Long-dormant volcano erupts, sending ash cloud across Red Sea
A long-dormant volcano has erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman.
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupted on Sunday morning, leaving the neighbouring village of Afdera covered in dust.
A local administrator, Mohammed Seid, said there were no casualties but the eruption could have economic implications for the local community of livestock herders.
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“It felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown with smoke and ash,” he said.
The village near the Danakil desert, which is a tourist attraction, was still covered in ash on Monday and tourists and guides heading to the desert were stranded in the village, according to Abdela.
The local authorities shared photos and videos of a towering ash plume rising from the volcano.
