ash fall

American  

Or ashfall

noun

Geology.

1. a rain of airborne ash resulting from a volcanic eruption.

2. the deposit produced by such an event.

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Example Sentences

Residents in the south of Puebla have been warned to watch out for ash fall and to not approach the volcano.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

An ash fall advisory expired at 10 a.m.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

But Solidum said activity would not be as explosive as the January 2020 eruption and that ash fall could be limited to communities within the volcano, which sits in the middle of a lake.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2022

But the pungent haze has left families barricaded inside their homes, every window shut as flurries of ash fall on their driveways.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

In their hot, debris-filled nest, they watched the sky clear suddenly after several minutes of darkness, before the ash fall began.

From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2013