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Massive volcanic cloud creeps over Argentina, Chile
AFP
Published: Wednesday May 7, 2008

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A thick cloud of ash from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern
Chile spread across a swathe of South America Wednesday, prompting
fears of health crisis for the people caught in its wake.

The enormous slow-moving plume was expected to soon reach Buenos
Aires, where about eight million people live in the Argentine capital
and its surroundings, spreading airborne ash particles which health
officials warned could be highly dangerous to inhale.

Thousands of Chileans have already fled their homes after the volcano,
located 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) south of Santiago near Chile's
border with Argentina, erupted violently Tuesday, spewing ash and lava
over its surroundings.

"Everything depends on which way the wind blows in the next few
hours," said a spokesman for Argentina's meteorological service.