Overview
- The volcano erupted for several hours on Sunday before ending the same day, with the Toulouse VAAC detecting the event by satellite and ash tops near 14 kilometers.
- Ash plumes drifted north and east across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman, with dispersion extending to India and northern Pakistan.
- Local officials reported no human casualties to date, though regional authorities have not released formal tallies of injuries or displacement.
- Ashfall coated the nearby town of Afdera, stranded tourists and guides bound for the Danakil desert, and raised concerns for pastoral livelihoods due to reduced grazing.
- The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and volcanologist Simon Carn note no recorded Holocene eruptions at Hayli Gubbi, underscoring the rarity of the event.