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Calbuco River

Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano as seen from the city of Puerto Montt, April 22, 2015. The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted for the first time in more than five decades on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilo

Southern Chile readies for a third volcano eruption

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Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted without warning this week — twice. The first eruption sent a plume of ash into the sky for 90 minutes. The second shot lava into the sky.