Ethiopia Volcano Eruption Tracker, Map, Location, India Impact Today LIVE News Updates: Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano eruption sends ash across Red Sea to India & worldwide. Map, flight disruptions,

Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in northern Ethiopia, erupted for several hours on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 23 — the first eruption since the start of the Holocene.

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 ash cloud drifted over northern India, causing some flight delays and cancellations, and continued toward China.

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.

The eruption sent ash clouds up to 14 km into the sky, affecting Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, according to the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in France. Rising approximately 500 metres, Hayli Gubbi sits within the geologically active Rift Valley, where tectonic plates converge.

Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupted after 12,000 years, sending ash across the region and prompting India’s DGCA to issue a safety advisory for airlines.