How to Use ashfall in a Sentence

ashfall

noun

• The traffic [is at] a turtle’s pace because of the ashfall.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
• When the wind changes direction so, too, does the location of the ashfall.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2015
• Standby status means the public should avoid the area nearest the volcano and have masks available in the event of ashfall.
  — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2018
• Heavy rains that are believed to have triggered the eruption mixed with volcanic mud and flooded the villages covered by the ashfall.
  — Agoes Basoeki, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2021
• The few people who remained in Calistoga overnight awoke to smoky skies and a light ashfall, but no actual fire in the town.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2017
• Because there is still ashfall, all airports, even those that didn't sustain damage by the tsunami, are closed.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 17 Jan. 2022
• Classes in a wide swath of towns and cities were suspended Monday, including in Manila, to avoid health risks posed by the ashfall.
  — NBC News, 12 Jan. 2020
• Alaska will not see any ashfall because all of the larger particles had already fallen before the cloud reached the state, Orr said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• Government work and classes in schools in a wide swath of towns and cities were suspended Monday, including in Manila, to avoid health risks posed by the ashfall.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
• Areas around Taal Volcano are advised to guard against the effects of heavy and prolonged ashfall, which has blanketed the region in thick gray matter.
  — Fox News, 15 Jan. 2020
• Clouds of volcanic ash blowing over Manila, 65 kilometers (40 miles) to the north, closed the country’s main airport Sunday and part of Monday until the ashfall eased.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
• Aviation warnings kicked in to keep planes clear of the ash, which can destroy engines, and the ashfall is not expected to be significant on the mainland.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2019
• Users took to social media Sunday to post photos of early-morning ashfall.
  — Michael McGough, sacbee, 1 July 2018
• There have not been human casualties so far, but pets, livestock, and the horses on Taal Island and the surrounding areas have suffered or died due to the heavy ashfall.
  — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
• Currently, the greatest danger to human health is in the form of ashfall and volcanic gases such as sulfur dioxide, which are lung irritants.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 Nov. 2022
• The glass samples chemically matched those found at Toba and other Toba ashfall sites.
  — National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2018
• The institute advised residents across the archipelago to guard against the effects of heavy, prolonged ashfall.
  — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020
• Parts of Hawaii's Big Island were under an ashfall advisory.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2022
• More than 13 million years ago in what’s now northern Kenya, an infant ape ended up dead in a lush forest, its body blanketed in ashfall from a nearby volcanic eruption.
  — National Geographic, 9 Aug. 2017
• The airport partially reopened Monday after the ashfall eased.
  — Joeal Calupitan, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2020
• Heavy to light ashfall was reported in towns and cities several miles from the volcano, and officials advised residents to stay indoors and wear masks and goggles for safety.
  — Aaron Favila and Jim Gomez, SFChronicle.com, 12 Jan. 2020
• Heavy ashfall also was reported in communities around the volcano, Joseph said.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2021
• In addition to dangers from the bubbling, scalding-hot lava from the Kilauea volcano, residents on the Big Island of Hawaii are enduring threats from both vog and volcanic ashfall.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
• The blast sent plumes of ash six miles high, blanketing surrounding communities and creating heavy ashfall.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 12 Apr. 2021
• No communities were expected to see ashfall as of late Friday morning.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Jan. 2020
• Officials warned that Barbados, St. Lucia and Grenada could see light ashfall as the 4,003-foot volcano continued to rumble.
  — NBC News, 10 Apr. 2021
• Heavy to light ashfall was also reported in towns and cities several miles from the volcano, and officials advised residents to stay indoors and don masks and goggles for safety.
  — Fox News, 13 Jan. 2020
• Experts have also warned that an eruption larger than Thursday’s could result in dangerous amounts of ashfall and giant rocks being rocketed into the sky.
  — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 17 May 2018
• On 4 August, ashfall reported in Nikolski had accumulated to a depth of 3 mm.
  — Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2008
• The three islands were by far the hardest hit of any of Tonga’s inhabited islands, many of which suffered only superficial damage and extensive ashfall.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024