Calbuco volcano suddenly erupted, more then thousands of people were forced to flee. The volcano is located near Puerto Varas the tourist attractive town and the Puerto Montt city, a little more than six hundred twenty miles south of Santiago the capital of Chile.
The Chile's Calbuco volcano is located near Puerto Varas |
On Wednesday, 23 April, the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted in dramatic fashion, sending an ash plume more than twelve miles into the air. The Calbuco volcano in Chile that has laid asleep for more than fourty years has suddenly erupted, causing a thick plume of charcoal ash to cloud the sky while thousands of people living in its shadow were forced to flee. The volcano had been quiet for the last forty two years before erupting without warning.
An estimated one thousand and five hundred people were forced to flee the nearby town of Ensenada after the eruption, while several smaller townships were also cleared. The volcano is located near Puerto Varas the tourist attractive town and the Puerto Montt city, a little more than six hundred twenty miles south of Santiago the capital of Chile.
The fact that there is a town nearby also means a lot of people were there take pictures. Some of this pictures are following down.
Over at Wired, Erik Klemetti points out that a number of incredible time-lapse videos of the eruption have been posted on Social Sites. Here are some videos of the eruption have been posted on Video Sites.
"Within as little as fourteen minutes, the eruption commenced," recounts Klemetti. "This suggested rapid ascent of magma from its source under the volcano but as the intensity of the eruption appears to have waned as nightfall arrived."
News Published By : World Trend News Desk - Chile, Santiago
Chile's Calbuco volcano suddenly erupted, more then thousands of people were forced to flee. |
An estimated one thousand and five hundred people were forced to flee the nearby town of Ensenada after the eruption, while several smaller townships were also cleared. The volcano is located near Puerto Varas the tourist attractive town and the Puerto Montt city, a little more than six hundred twenty miles south of Santiago the capital of Chile.
The fact that there is a town nearby also means a lot of people were there take pictures. Some of this pictures are following down.
The Chile's Calbuco volcano |
Over at Wired, Erik Klemetti points out that a number of incredible time-lapse videos of the eruption have been posted on Social Sites. Here are some videos of the eruption have been posted on Video Sites.
"Within as little as fourteen minutes, the eruption commenced," recounts Klemetti. "This suggested rapid ascent of magma from its source under the volcano but as the intensity of the eruption appears to have waned as nightfall arrived."
News Published By : World Trend News Desk - Chile, Santiago
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