Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:08:44 AM
Chile's Puyehue volcano calms down - for now
Roser Toll .. From: AFP .. June 06, 2011 12:25PM
Volcanic lightning is seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago,
Chile, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Picture: AP Source: AP
A column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500
miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011. Authorities have evacuated about
600 people in the nearby area. Picture: AP Source: AP
Huge eruption: Aerial picture showing the cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano
near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago. Source: AFP
A shepherd walks with his cows in the village of Rininahue as a cloud of ash billows from
Puyehue volcano in southern Chile. Source: AFP
CHILE'S Puyehue volcano has calmed, one day after raining down ash and forcing thousands to
flee, although the cloud of soot it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as Argentina.
A light drizzle rained down on the volcano, helping to mitigate the effects of the airborne
ash somewhat, while the mountain appeared to go quiet one day after having rumbled to life.
"The city awakened in calm," said Marcelo Cascon, mayor of Bariloche in neighbouring
Argentina, which had received a large deposit of volcanic ash spewed out from Puyehue on Saturday.
Puyehue is located 870 km south of the capital Santiago in the Cordon Caulle complex nestled
in the Andes mountains. Its last major eruption was in 1960, following a magnitude 9.5 earthquake.
Bariloche, a Patagonian resort town about 100 kilometres east of the volcano, remained under a state of emergency because of
the eruption, which had covered the small city of some 50,000 inhabitants by a sooty blanket of several centimetres (inches) thick.
See more pictures of the eruption http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/gallery-e6freuy9-1226070116594
The National Service of Geology and Mining said the explosion that sparked Puyehue's eruption produced a column of gas 10 kilometres high.
"You can see the fire (in the volcano) and a plume of smoke, and there's a strong
smell of sulfur," top Los Rios region official Juan Andres Varas told reporters.
The government, which ordered the evacuation of 600 people immediately after the eruption, over
the course of Saturday expanded that number to 3500 people to be relocated to shelters in safe areas.
Authorities issued a red alert, the maximum warning level, for the area and closed an Argentina-Chile border crossing.
Yeimi Obando, a professor who was evacuated, told National Television of Chile on
Saturday that people "are very worried" about the effect of ash on their cattle and other animals.
"Ash was dumped like a snowstorm. The city is covered in grey ash," Carlos Hidalgo, Bariloche's communications secretary, told TN television.
"We're trying to stop car traffic and ask that people stay at home and close
their doors and windows to prevent the volcanic ash from coming in," said Hidalgo.
Meanwhile, the city's airport, which was closed during the emergency, remained closed on Sunday.
The town, as well as others in the vicinity affected by the ash, welcomes thousands of foreign
tourists each year to its lakes and mountain scenery, as well as ski slopes in the winter months.
Argentine officials in La Angostura announced late on Saturday that the Andean
town of 16,000 people was on "red alert" and residents were urged to ration water use.
Flagship airline Aerolineas Argentinas announced it had cancelled six flights on Saturday because of the volcano.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/chiles-puyehue-volcano-calms-down-for-now/story-e6frev00-1226070137510
Roser Toll .. From: AFP .. June 06, 2011 12:25PM
Volcanic lightning is seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago,
Chile, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Picture: AP Source: AP
A column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500
miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011. Authorities have evacuated about
600 people in the nearby area. Picture: AP Source: AP
Huge eruption: Aerial picture showing the cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano
near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago. Source: AFP
A shepherd walks with his cows in the village of Rininahue as a cloud of ash billows from
Puyehue volcano in southern Chile. Source: AFP
CHILE'S Puyehue volcano has calmed, one day after raining down ash and forcing thousands to
flee, although the cloud of soot it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as Argentina.
A light drizzle rained down on the volcano, helping to mitigate the effects of the airborne
ash somewhat, while the mountain appeared to go quiet one day after having rumbled to life.
"The city awakened in calm," said Marcelo Cascon, mayor of Bariloche in neighbouring
Argentina, which had received a large deposit of volcanic ash spewed out from Puyehue on Saturday.
Puyehue is located 870 km south of the capital Santiago in the Cordon Caulle complex nestled
in the Andes mountains. Its last major eruption was in 1960, following a magnitude 9.5 earthquake.
Bariloche, a Patagonian resort town about 100 kilometres east of the volcano, remained under a state of emergency because of
the eruption, which had covered the small city of some 50,000 inhabitants by a sooty blanket of several centimetres (inches) thick.
See more pictures of the eruption http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/gallery-e6freuy9-1226070116594
The National Service of Geology and Mining said the explosion that sparked Puyehue's eruption produced a column of gas 10 kilometres high.
"You can see the fire (in the volcano) and a plume of smoke, and there's a strong
smell of sulfur," top Los Rios region official Juan Andres Varas told reporters.
The government, which ordered the evacuation of 600 people immediately after the eruption, over
the course of Saturday expanded that number to 3500 people to be relocated to shelters in safe areas.
Authorities issued a red alert, the maximum warning level, for the area and closed an Argentina-Chile border crossing.
Yeimi Obando, a professor who was evacuated, told National Television of Chile on
Saturday that people "are very worried" about the effect of ash on their cattle and other animals.
"Ash was dumped like a snowstorm. The city is covered in grey ash," Carlos Hidalgo, Bariloche's communications secretary, told TN television.
"We're trying to stop car traffic and ask that people stay at home and close
their doors and windows to prevent the volcanic ash from coming in," said Hidalgo.
Meanwhile, the city's airport, which was closed during the emergency, remained closed on Sunday.
The town, as well as others in the vicinity affected by the ash, welcomes thousands of foreign
tourists each year to its lakes and mountain scenery, as well as ski slopes in the winter months.
Argentine officials in La Angostura announced late on Saturday that the Andean
town of 16,000 people was on "red alert" and residents were urged to ration water use.
Flagship airline Aerolineas Argentinas announced it had cancelled six flights on Saturday because of the volcano.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/chiles-puyehue-volcano-calms-down-for-now/story-e6frev00-1226070137510
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