Authorities Friday lifted a red alert for the area surrounding a southern Chile volcano, whose brief but fiery eruption forced the evacuation of thousands of people amid a shower of fire and ash ...

A volcano in Chile that had been inactive for over 50 years suddenly erupted twice in the space of hours, blasting huge clouds of ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of around 5,000 people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile ...

CHAITEN, Chile (Reuters) - Hostel owner Rita Gutierrez Vargas would rather run the risk of being incinerated by another volcanic eruption than leave the Chilean town where she has spent her entire ...

The Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile is part of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex along the Andes mountain range in southern Chile. Philipp Ruprecht, an associate professor at the University of ...

SANTIAGO, Chile -- An erupting Chilean volcano sent a towering plume of ash across South America on Monday, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and ...

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile's Hudson Volcano released three huge columns of steam and ash that combined in a cloud more than 3 miles high on Friday, threatening a much larger eruption that had authorities ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Twin blasts from the Calbuco volcano in the southern part of this country have sent vast clouds of ash into the sky, increasing concerns that it could contaminate water, cause ...

Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008. The 1000 ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An erupting Chilean volcano sent a towering plume of ash across South America on Monday, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and ...

SANTIAGO, Chile -- The 100 million tons of pyroclastic ash and rock spewed by an Andean volcano has meant hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for communities more accustomed to profiting from ...