Eruptions Continue in Chilean Volcano Chain
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Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain spews ash and smoke as officials evacuate thousands from the surrounding area. The volume of ash is so great that it is difficult to tell which of the four volcanoes has erupted.
A volcano dormant for decades in south-central Chile continued spewing smoke on Sunday.
It belched an ash cloud more than six miles high that blew over the Andes and carpeted a popular ski resort in neighboring Argentina.
The eruption in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain, nearly 600 miles south of the capital, Santiago, in Patagonia prompted Chilean authorities to shut a heavily traveled border crossing into Argentina.
Chile's government said it was evacuating three-and-a-half thousand people from the surrounding area as a precaution.
Officials said the volcano was spitting molten rock, but there was no visible lava flow.
It was not immediately clear which of the chain's four volcanoes had erupted because of ash cover and weather conditions.
The chain last saw a major eruption in 1960.
It was the latest in a series of volcanic eruptions in Chile in recent years.
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Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain spews ash and smoke as officials evacuate thousands from the surrounding area. The volume of ash is so great that it is difficult to tell which of the four volcanoes has erupted.
A volcano dormant for decades in south-central Chile continued spewing smoke on Sunday.
It belched an ash cloud more than six miles high that blew over the Andes and carpeted a popular ski resort in neighboring Argentina.
The eruption in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain, nearly 600 miles south of the capital, Santiago, in Patagonia prompted Chilean authorities to shut a heavily traveled border crossing into Argentina.
Chile's government said it was evacuating three-and-a-half thousand people from the surrounding area as a precaution.
Officials said the volcano was spitting molten rock, but there was no visible lava flow.
It was not immediately clear which of the chain's four volcanoes had erupted because of ash cover and weather conditions.
The chain last saw a major eruption in 1960.
It was the latest in a series of volcanic eruptions in Chile in recent years.