Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) has said an ash cloud from Ethiopian volcano eruption is expected to reach southern Pakistan.
The eruption sent thick plumes of smoke up to 14 kilometres into the sky, blanketing nearby villages and drifting toward the Arabian Sea region.
The volcano, which rises about 500 metres in altitude, sits within the Rift Valley, a zone of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet.
Anjum Nazeer Zaighum, a spokesperson for the Met Office said that the effects of the ash cloud would not be felt in Karachi and it would pass over the Arabian Sea.
“The projections are from last night and the impact would be felt in the deep Arabian Sea, in Oman and within the Mumbai FIR (flight region),” the spokesperson explained.
He added that clouds would be passing through the area at an altitude of 50,000 feet.