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There are no populated areas along its path, and no ashfall has been recorded in inhabited localities.—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 Airports may close, and roads can become impassable due to ashfall.—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 18 June 2025 Rural communities that are dependent on agriculture and livestock are disproportionately affected by ashfall, as are low-income people who lack access to clean water, protective masks or safe shelter.—David Kitchen, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2025 According to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, eruptions at Fuego have been well-documented since 1524, producing major ashfalls, pyroclastic flows and lava flows over the centuries.—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ashfall
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