Originally published on 23 April, 2015
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Two separate eruptions of the Calbuco volcano on Wednesday and Thursday blasted huge clouds of ash into the air and forced the evacuation of at least 4,000 people.
The Calbuco volcano located in southern Chile is about 1,000 kilometers south of the Chilean capital, Santiago and had been inactive for five decades.
The volcano erupted at around 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke nearly 10 kilometers into the sky. The second eruption occurred at around 1 a.m. Thursday, sending ash about 20 kilometers into the sky. The eruption could be seen as far as 50 kilometers away.
A 20-kilometer radius around the volcano was evacuated of about 4,000 residents and ash and smoke are heading towards Argentina, as winds continue to blow northeast. LATAM Airlines has canceled flights due to the presence of volcanic ash that could damage aircraft engines, making flying dangerous.
The column of ash and smoke above the volcano could collapse under its own weight, and cause a pyroclastic flow, which is a current of superheated gas and rock that could move as fast as 700 kilometers per hour and reach temperatures of about 1,000 degrees celsius.
The last eruption of the Calbuco volcano was in 1961. So far, no injuries, missing persons, or death has been reported according to Chilean Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo.
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