On Friday morning, at least two explosions were seen coming from the volcano and sent ash and steam into the air.
A U.S. Coast Guard crew captured this video of smoke rising from the lava erupting from the Shishaldin Volcano on Unimak Island in Alaska.
Early Friday morning, officials said, several explosions erupted from the volcano, sending steam and ash into the air. The explosive activity was also seen from space by NOAA's GOES-16 satellite. After the explosions, the National Weather Service issued Inflight Weather Advisories for Significant Meteorological hazards, or SIGMET, for the potential drifting ash cloud.
Volcanic activity started ramping up earlier this week when the alert level was upgraded to an advisory and level yellow aviation color after "strongly elevated surface temperatures". On Thursday, the alert level was upgraded from advisory to watch, and the aviation color code was upgraded from yellow to orange. According to the U.S.
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