Nation IN BRIEF : ALASKA : Remote Volcano Ends 13-Year Sleep
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An Aleutian Island volcano dormant for 13 years sent steaming lava down its snow-covered ridges and a plume of ash more than four miles high. Westdahl Volcano is on Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutians, about 700 miles southwest of Anchorage. There were no reports of injuries or ash landing in any inhabited areas of the Aleutians. Eruptions are likely to continue over the next few weeks, authorities said. There are no measuring devices on the mountain.
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