Calbuco volcano erupts near Puerto Varas, Chile
A vehicle near Ensenada in southern Chile is covered with ashes after the eruption of the Calbuco volcano. (Felipe Trueba / EPA)
The Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile.
View of the Calbuco volcano from Puerto Varas, Chile. (Martin Bernetti / AFP/Getty Images)
A soldier helps cleaning a house after the eruption of Calbuco volcano. (Felipe Trueba / EPA)
Dead fish float in a tank at a salmon farm, destroyed by volcanic mudflows from the Calbuco volcano, in an area along the Rio Blanco in Puerto Montt, Chile. (Luis Hidalgo / Associated Press)
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Gloria Villaroel and another woman hug at La Ensenada, Chile. (VLADIMIR RODAS / AFP/Getty Images)
Residents clean a street of ash in Ensenada, Chile. (Martin Bernetti / AFP/Getty Images)
Two sheep remain in a meadow covered with ash in Ensenada, Chile, after the eruption of the Calbuco volcano. (Felipe Trueba / EPA)
A bridge spans a reservoir covered with ash from the eruption of the Calbuco volcano in Puerto Varas, Chile. (Luis Hidalgo / Associated Press)
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Chilean army soldiers clean a street of ash from the Calbuco volcano in Ensenada, Chile. (Martin Bernetti / AFP/Getty Images)
A heap of ash from the Calbuco volcano on a street of La Ensenada, Chile. (Martin Bernetti / AFP/Getty Images)
A tea kettle sits on a stovetop inside a home destroyed by volcanic mudflows, in an area along the Rio Blanco in Puerto Montt, Chile. (Luis Hidalgo / Associated Press)
Victor Hugo Toledo clears volcanic ash from the entrance of his home in Puerto Varas, Chile. (Luis Hidalgo / Associated Press)
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The Calbuco volcano erupts near Puerto Varas, Chile. Wednesday’s eruption marked the first such activity in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over the sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. (Diego Main / Associated Press)
View of Calbuco volcano from Puerto Montt in southern Santiago de Chile, Chile. (Alex Vidal Brecas / EPA)
Cars are seen amid volcanic ashes from the Calbuco volcano in La Ensenada. Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert. (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP/Getty Images)
A man removes volcanic ashes from his car in La Ensenada after Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in more than 42 years. (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP/Getty Images)
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A man wears a mask to prevent the harmful effects of the Calbuco volcano ashes, in Puerto Varas, Chile. (Martin Bernetti / AFP/Getty Images)
View from Frutillar, southern Chile, of lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano. (Martin Bernetti / AFP / Getty Images)
The Calbuco volcano erupts Wednesday near Puerto Varas, Chile. (David Cortes Serey / Associated Press)
Children watch the Calbuco volcano erupt, from Puerto Varas, Chile. The volcano billowed a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. (Carlos F. Gutierrez / Associated Press)
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View from Puerto Montt, southern Chile, of a high column of ash and lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano on Wednesday. (Diego Main / AFP / Getty Images)