Chile volcano eruption - in photos. Part II
The eruption of Puyehue volcano in southern Chile sent a huge plume of smoke and ash into the sky and forced officials to evacuate about 600 people living nearby.
There were no reports of injuries.
Authorities had put the area around the volcano on alert Saturday morning after a flurry of earthquakes, and the eruption began in the afternoon. The National Emergency Office said it recorded an average of 230 tremors an hour.
On the other side of the Andes in Argentina, heavy ash fell on the city of San Carlos de Bariloche.
Officials warned residents of the area around the city to take precautions against a possible prolonged ashfall. They urged people to stock up on food and water and to stay home.
The volcano is nearly 500 miles (800 kilometers) south of Chile's national capital, Santiago.
| Lightning around the volcano Puyeue in the Patagonia region. | |
| The car on the street covered with ashes in a city. | |
| Zippers at the erupting volcano in the region Puyeue Patagonia at sunset. | |
| Lightning in the clouds of ash from the volcano. | |
| Lightning near the volcano Puyeue | |
| In total, Chile has about two thousand volcanoes, of which at least 500 are active. | |
| Covered with volcanic ash street Argentine resort town of San Carlos de Bariloche. | |
| The golf course at hotel complex «Llao Llao» in Bariloche, Argentina, is covered with ash from nearby volcano Puyeue. | |
| Here is a car, fully hidden under a layer of ash. | |
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