Two volcanic eruptions in Russia's Far East region of Kamchatka have covered the whole town of Ust-Kamchatsk in ash.
One volcano began erupting on Thursday and the other started spewing ash on October 22.
More than 5,000 people have been forced to stay at home with their windows shut, Interfax news agency reported.
Local authorities say the volcanic ash is not a major health threat to the town’s population, therefore they do not need to evacuate people from the area.
However, all public institutions and organizations remain closed on Thursday, except for essential services.
Due to almost zero visibility, roads in the region were closed, although some major ones have reportedly reopened.
The volcanoes are still spewing ash, while meteorologists say the situation should be back to normal by Friday.
A motorcycle lies covered by volcanic ash at a village that is hit by pyroclastic flows from Mount Merapi eruption in Kaliadem, Yogyakarta, on Wednesday. A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia, spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. AP/Slamet Riyadi
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