Photo by Kelly Reeves during Alaska Airlines flights 160 and
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Okmok Volcano on watch
The volcano was changed to Orange on Wednesday July 16
For firsthand accounts by those rescued from a spewing Okmok volcano on Umnak Island in the eastern Aleutians, check out APRN's and the Dutch Harbor Fisherman's stories. KTUU reported the Alaska Volcano Observatory's latest report July 15 that the volcano remains on red alert. "A strong explosive eruption is under way. ... The volcano is currently at aviation code Red and alert level Warning. Airborne ash and gas continues to drift with the wind and pose a hazard to aviation in the area."