Russian volcano spills record amount of lava
Moscow, Dec 11: The erupting Plosky Tolbachik volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is spilling a record 1,200 tonnes of lava every second, seismologists said Tuesday.The 3,085-metre Plosky Tolbachik, part of a volcanic complex
The 1975 eruption dramatically changed the local landscape and became an ecological disaster as the volume of lava and ashes emitted was the largest in recorded history of Kamchatka. There are more than 150 volcanoes on Kamchatka, 30 of them active.