Recently, Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi dormant volcano erupted, and its plumes have started to reach India. Read ahead to find out how the Ethiopian Volcanic Ash Cloud, the health risk it poses and the cities it is going to affect!

IMD’s forecast models indicated influence of the ash plume over Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana and may worsen pollution levels in the region.

Currently, the ashes are over Eastern and Central India. The ashes will move towards Delhi, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and Northeastern states and then towards China, IMD DGM Mrityunjay Mohapatra said.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian airlines Air India and Akasa Air said on Tuesday they were cancelling some flights after ash plumes from a volcanic eruption in Ethiopia disrupted operations. Air India said it had cancelled 11 flights on Monday and Tuesday to make precautionary checks on aircraft that had flown over some locations after the eruption,

Following Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano eruption, several major carriers including IndiGo and Akasa Air have been forced to to cancel flights in major Indian cities on Tuesday.

A rare volcanic eruption in Ethiopia, the first in nearly 12 millennia, has sent ripples far beyond East Africa, unsettling India’s aviation network this week. As a towering ash plume drifted across major African air corridors, Air India, IndiGo and Akasa Air were forced to cancel or reroute flights, triggering delays, detours and schedule resets.