Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Hudson Volcano Releasing Ash Clouds has Chile and Argentina on Alert


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3L5QN28fh4
October 27, 2011
This is a video describing the warning of the possibility of a major eruption to occur at the Hudson Volcano located in southern Chile and how people have been evacuated.

October 28, 2011
The Hudson volcano located in southern Chile in Patagonia has released 3 large columns of steam and ash that have formed into a cloud more than 3 miles high. This has authorities in Chile and Argentina on alert for the possibility of a much larger eruption to occur. The Hudson volcano has erupted 2 times in the past 60 years and the most recent in 1991 piled up 18 inches of ash and killed an estimated 1.5 million sheep on the Argentine side of the Andean mountains. 119 people have been evacuated from the immediate area and people nearby are prepared to flee with the melting of the snow and ice causing the Aysen river to overflow onto its banks since the volcano is covered by a glacier. If a major eruption were to occur then prevailing winds could possibly blow the ash across the continent of South America, cutting off supply routes and air travel to the southern area of Argentina. The steam and ash are erupting from three craters ranging from 650 feet to 1,600 feet wide and with earthquakes causing a shaking of the mountain, a major eruption could happen within days not to mention a plume of ash and steam have already spread 7.5 miles toward Argentina. It is good that there has been an evacuation of people and that authorities are aware that a possible major disaster could occur if the volcano was to erupt again with more force.
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Ash-cloud-rises-above-restive-Chilean-volcano-2240851.php#photo-1706062

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