Chile: Chaiten Volcano Eruption Causes Evacuations, Flight Cancellations

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 8th, 2008 | Trackback

The long-dormant Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash some 20 miles high May 6, forcing the total evacuation of the provincial capital of Chaiten, six miles from the volcano, and causing most of the residents to evacuate the border town of Futaleufu, 75 miles east of Chaiten. More than 4,000 people had fled when the volcano began to erupt May 2. Ash covered a wide area of southern Chile and Argentina, blowing hundreds of miles across Patagonia to the Atlantic Ocean. About a half inch of ash covered the Argentine tourist town of Esquel. Flights to southern Argentina were canceled or delayed, especially to the cities of Bahia Blanca, Bariloche, Neuquen and Trelew.

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