{
  "question": "Was today a volcanic ash cloud?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-volcanic-ash-cloud",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — Lille's air is clean today; the only ash is Whakaari's plume in New Zealand, 18,500 km away.",
  "details": [
    "Lille air: US AQI 30, PM10 5 µg/m³, dust 0",
    "Ash plume confined to Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand",
    "NZ aviation colour code orange; no flights disrupted"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NASA EONET natural events",
      "url": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Stuff",
      "url": "https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361049166/whakaariwhite-island-alert-level-raised-eruption-confirmed"
    },
    {
      "title": "PassportNews",
      "url": "https://passportnews.co.il/article/211187"
    },
    {
      "title": "Anadolu Ajansı",
      "url": "https://f.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/new-zealand-raises-volcanic-alert-amid-white-island-ash-eruption/4095216"
    },
    {
      "title": "Open-Meteo air quality",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/air-quality-api"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": "Lille, HDF, FR",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-volcanic-ash-cloud/2026-10-24/fr/hdf/lille",
  "scope": "local",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-24T00:27:43.073Z"
}