Saturday, June 21

Chile's Chaiten volcano spews ash again

Two new columns of smoke erupted from the Chaiten volcano on Tuesday (June 17) after activity had calmed since late May.

The Chaiten volcano, located some 760 miles (1,123 kilometres) south of the capital Santiago, started erupting on May 2 for the first time in thousands of years, spewing ash, gas, and molten rock.

Area residents were evacuated from the town of Chaiten. The flow of the Blanco river has also increased due to this recent activity.


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