Chile: Calbuco volcano erupts twice

Written by Admin 2 30 Apr 2015
Chile: Calbuco volcano erupts twice

The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted twice last week, swewing out 2,400 million cubic feet of ash and forcing the evacuation of 6,000+ people. People are now trying to save their possessions and livestock as roofs of homes and businesses collapsed under the weight of 20” of ash and residents feared for their sheep and cows that are unable to graze. Soldiers have been deployed to help with the clean-up. The authorities have warned of the possibility of further eruptions. They also said that should it rain the ash could mix with debris to create dangerous mudflows and turn ash on the roads and roofs into hard crusts. By Monday residents who had been evacuated were allowed back briefly to salvage some possessions and farmers tried desperately to find places for grazing. Recently Chile has had its fair share of disasters with flooding in the usually arid north and wildfires 

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