Volcano spews ash on Chile-Argentina border
CHILE: Southern Chile's Copahue Volcano belched plumes of ash skyward
Saturday, prompting authorities there and in neighbouring Argentina to
issue a low-level alert.
While the 2,965-meter (9,700 foot) volcano straddles the two
countries' border, its crater, where most of the activity was under way,
leans toward the Argentine side, experts told AFP.
Authorities alerted residents in a small nearby community, Biobio,
and were monitoring the activity closely, they said.
Mayor Victor Lobos said locals were concerned but said no lava or
rocks have been expelled from the crater.
"We need to stay calm. There are no evacuations at this time," Lobos
added. The eruption in June 2011 of Chile's Puyehue volcano interfered
with air travel in much of the southern cone of South America and as far
away as Australia.
AFP |