Hayli Gubbi volcano, Ethiopia
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday after an eruption over the weekend that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations after ash plumes disrupted high-altitude flight paths.
The eruption shot huge clouds of ash nearly 45,000 feet into the sky over the Afar region in northeast Ethiopia.
A long dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia's Afar Region erupted for the first time in at least 12,000 years, according to Volcano Discovery, a website that tracks active volcanoes around the world.
Sunday marked the first official record of the Hayli Gubbi volcano, in Ethiopia's remote Danakil region, erupting.
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12,000-Year Dormant Volcano Erupts with Sudden “Bomb” Blast—Ash Cloud Reaches 9 Miles
On the morning of November 23, 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region erupted for the first time in 12,000 years, ending a silence that spanned the entirety of human civilization. At around 8:30 AM UTC,