Puyehue Volcano

• Ash cloud hits flights to and from Australia

  Flight operations in Australia were severely disrupted today in the backdrop of volcanic ash cloud rising from a Chilean volcano, causing inconvenience to over one lakh passengers who are facing delays in their scheduled travel.The country's flagship carrier Qantas cancelled its services to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne for Wednesday, and continue...

• 3,500 evacuate as volcano erupts in southern Chile

  One of the volcanoes in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile has erupted violently, billowing smoke and ash high into the sky and prompting more than 3,500 people living nearby to evacuate.There were no reports of injuries from Saturday's eruption.Authorities initially said the Puyehue volcano was involved, but later said the eruption was occurring ...

• Thousands flee as volcano erupts in southern Chile

  One of the volcanoes in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted violently Saturday, billowing smoke and ash high into the sky and prompting more than 3,500 people living nearby to evacuate.There were no reports of injuries.Authorities initially said the Puyehue volcano was involved, but later said the eruption was occurring about 2½ miles (fou...