Calbuco Erupted

The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted again Thursday, releasing a large column of smoke just over a week after it spectacularly roared to life following half a century of inactivity.

Last week's spectacular twin eruptions of the Calbuco volcano will cost southern Chile's Los Lagos region, a tourism and agriculture hub, up to $600 million, a local business leader said Monday.

Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil today and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

A volcano erupted on Thursday in Costa Rica, shooting up a column of ash that forced the closure of the airport in the capital city San Jose.

An ash cloud from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile that erupted unexpectedly on Wednesday was blowing into Chile and Argentina on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of flights from nearby cities in both countries and blanketing residents in ash.

The Calbuco volcano in Chile, dormant for 43 years, erupted on Wednesday evening and stunning footage captures the huge clouds of smoke and ash that mushroom into the sky.

Volcano in Chile that had been inactive for 50-plus years suddenly erupted twice in the space of hours with tremendous force, blasting huge clouds of ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of some 5,000 people.

Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday for the first time in half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert.

The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted again Thursday, releasing a large column of smoke just over a week after it spectacularly roared to life following half a century of inactivity.

Last week's spectacular twin eruptions of the Calbuco volcano will cost southern Chile's Los Lagos region, a tourism and agriculture hub, up to $600 million, a local business leader said Monday.

Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil today and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

A volcano erupted on Thursday in Costa Rica, shooting up a column of ash that forced the closure of the airport in the capital city San Jose.

An ash cloud from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile that erupted unexpectedly on Wednesday was blowing into Chile and Argentina on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of flights from nearby cities in both countries and blanketing residents in ash.

The Calbuco volcano in Chile, dormant for 43 years, erupted on Wednesday evening and stunning footage captures the huge clouds of smoke and ash that mushroom into the sky.

Volcano in Chile that had been inactive for 50-plus years suddenly erupted twice in the space of hours with tremendous force, blasting huge clouds of ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of some 5,000 people.

Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted on Wednesday for the first time in half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert.