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Chilean Volcano Keeps Rumbling

Posted May 6, 08 1:53 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – The southern Chilean town of Chaiten has been totally evacuated after a volcano, active since Friday, belched molten lava and ash more than 12 miles high, the AP reports. Around 4,000 people have already left the area since the volcano—believed dormant for thousands of years—began acting up, and navy ships evacuated any that remained today.

Sources Associated Press, Reuters

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This image provided by NASA's MODIS instrument on board the Terra satellite shows volcanic ash and steam billowing from the Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile, drifting across Argentina and dissipating...   (AP Photo/NASA)
Ash from the Chaiten volcano covers Futaleufu, southern Chile, Monday, May 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/Christian Brown)
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, right, and Chile's Defense Minister Jose Goni, center, speak during a visit to Chaiten, Chile, Sunday, May 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin)
Residents evacuate the village of Futaleufu near the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, Tuesday, May 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/Christian Brown)
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