In the meanwhile, the Eritrean Government has issued a report of 7 fatalities and 4 injured people by the eruption, and mentions that local inhabitants have been evacuated and a scientific mission to survey the area has been sent. [less]

Emissions early yesterday on 16 June were still strong after recovering from a decrease on 14 June and the ash/aerosol (mainly SO2) plumes reached 20,-40,000 ft (6-12 km) and drifted N and NE to cause renewed flight cancellations in neighboring countries.
Today, VAAC Toulouse reported at 06:00 UTC that the "eruption stopped" at 15:00 UTC on 16 June - no more ash can be detected above the volcano from satellite. MODIS hotspots data from 12-16 June indicate that the explosive eruption was accompanied by a large lava flow from vents inside the caldera and reaching around 16 km distance to the west of the caldera. It is uncertain whether lava emissions are still ongoing, but this is a realistic possibility. [less]

The eruption produced a large ash plume detected on satellite images. The plume is now stretching more than 1000 km westwards into Sudan. The vent location is still uncertain. The eruption is coming from either Afambo, Nabri or Dubbi volcanoes. The last historic eruption of these was from Dubbi volcano in 1861 and also produced a large ash plume.
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