Chilean Volcano

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.

Chilean authorities ordered on Monday a mandatory evacuation encompassing 25 kilometers around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border with neighboring Argentina.

Airline officials say an ash cloud from a recently reawakened volcano in southern Chile has once again forced the cancellation of scores of flights in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Asian and African night owls were treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano turned it blood red for some viewers.The Sydney Observatory said the eclipse began at 3.25 am on Thursday and lasted for over an hour and a half.In Sydney, the eclipse disappeared behind clouds at times. But in Melbourne, the moon turned a...

Australian night owls will be treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano could turn it blood red.The Sydney Observatory says the eclipse will begin at 3.25 am Thursday (1.25 pm EDT, 5.25 pm GMT on Wednesday) and last until after 5 am.Scientists say the specific phenomenon happening Thursday - known as a "deep lunar...

Steaming rivers filled with hot ash, rocks, and rain threatened to overflow their banks in southern Chile on Friday and ash clouds from a volcano that began erupting nearly a week ago kept some airports closed across much of the southern part of the continent.In towns bordering the Cordon Caulle volcano, authorities warned that rivers were about to...

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.

Chilean authorities ordered on Monday a mandatory evacuation encompassing 25 kilometers around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border with neighboring Argentina.

Airline officials say an ash cloud from a recently reawakened volcano in southern Chile has once again forced the cancellation of scores of flights in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Asian and African night owls were treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano turned it blood red for some viewers.The Sydney Observatory said the eclipse began at 3.25 am on Thursday and lasted for over an hour and a half.In Sydney, the eclipse disappeared behind clouds at times. But in Melbourne, the moon turned a...

Australian night owls will be treated to a lunar eclipse, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano could turn it blood red.The Sydney Observatory says the eclipse will begin at 3.25 am Thursday (1.25 pm EDT, 5.25 pm GMT on Wednesday) and last until after 5 am.Scientists say the specific phenomenon happening Thursday - known as a "deep lunar...

Steaming rivers filled with hot ash, rocks, and rain threatened to overflow their banks in southern Chile on Friday and ash clouds from a volcano that began erupting nearly a week ago kept some airports closed across much of the southern part of the continent.In towns bordering the Cordon Caulle volcano, authorities warned that rivers were about to...