After about a week of weak activity, Redoubt exploded again on April 4th. Our team member Marco Fulle is on location and reports heavy thunderstorms from below the 15 km tall ash plume. More details and photos will be available soon.

A major eruption of sub-plinian to plinian type took place at Redoubt this morning, sending an ash plume to more than 60,000 ft altitude (>20km), as AVO reports. The eruption, by far the largest in its new cycle of activity so far, started at 09:24 am local time, following a few days with lower acti...