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http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1418204-el-sur-se-prepara-ante-la-inminente-erupcion-de-un-volcan-chileno
Spanish to English translation
South prepares for the imminent eruption of a volcano in Chile.(Red alert)
The committee ordered the Santa Cruz crisis prevention measures after the neighboring country to order evacuations and decreed a red alert
Photo: The Mercury
The imminent eruption of Hudson, located across the Cordillera, alerted the crisis committee of the province of Santa Cruz who arranged a series of preventive measures.
The Colossus, located 137 kilometers south of the city of Coyhaique, is now a violent activity, according to the Chilean authorities, could erupt at any time.
The neighboring country numerous evacuations ordered and decreed a red alert amid forecasts of the experts. "It is possible that a major eruption occurs within hours given the release of energy and activity that has had the volcano," said the director of Volcano Observatory in Los Andes del Sur (Ovdas), Fernando Gil, who warned of earthquakes to 3 on the Richter scale in the area and plumes of over 1.5 kilometers.
Meanwhile, in Santa Cruz, the government minister, Jos? Manuel C?rdoba, called for "calm" during the crisis committee meeting and said they are traveling element sent by the Ministry of Social Development.
Cordova said that the Ministry of Mining of the Nation and the Argentine Geological Mining Service (Segemar) report on an ongoing basis all information and data that have Chilean authorities on the activity of the volcano.
"Right now there are only columns of smoke and ashes. Therefore, for prevention, we are preparing ourselves because we know that this happens every twenty years, but we know the intensity you can have," he said.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
As detailed, mining companies are making goggles and masks to protect themselves if necessary. The Army is working on providing water treatment plants and is responsible for coordinating logistics with other settlements in the region.
The experience we had with the eruption of the Hudson, in 1991, they said, helps tremendously. "We know the hard work was done at that time and we are transferring that knowledge to serve the populations of Perito Moreno and the Ancient and give them all the appoggiatura needed if this situation is complicated," he adds.
The tasks range from preventive health care and fuel tanks to the distribution of food and other items.
"We want to have the assurance that everything is covered if there is a lot of ash in the area," insisted the government minister.
The Chilean government decreed red alert yesterday and evacuated 97 people living in the vicinity of Hudson volcano, which records a continuous activity which affects the communities of Aysen, Chile Rio Ibanez and Chico, the latter a few miles of the Ancients in the northwest corner of Santa Cruz.
BACKGROUND
REMEMBERING 1991
The Hudson awakens
the further damage caused by the eruption of Hudson volcano occurred between 8 and August 15, 1991. He remained active until December 29 of that year. The Hudson seemed asleep after previous mild rash, in 1971, when only some ashes fell in Chile and the Ancients. He had also erupted moderately in 1930. Yesterday woke up again.
AFTER MANY CENTURIES
The Chait?n eruption of
Chait?n, Chile, is a small volcano, which erupted with force on May 2, 2008 and, more mild, in 2009. The proximity to the city of Esquel caused a cloud of ash that reached Buenos Aires. Studies in Chile, the volcano had registered its previous eruption in the seventeenth century. That is, had remained "asleep" for a long period.
CATASTROPHE IN SOUTH
Puyehue, most recently
on 4 June this year, the Puyehue volcano, 2240 meters, which is part of Caulle Cord, erupted with an explosion of ash that covered the sky and nearby cities Villa La Angostura and San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. This volcano had been several eruptions in 1960 (after the earthquake in Valdivia), in 1934, 1929 and 1921. In those previous occasions, the plume and activity lasted about a year. For the wind direction (west-east) ash often affect Argentina.
Spanish to English translation
South prepares for the imminent eruption of a volcano in Chile.(Red alert)
The committee ordered the Santa Cruz crisis prevention measures after the neighboring country to order evacuations and decreed a red alert
Photo: The Mercury
The imminent eruption of Hudson, located across the Cordillera, alerted the crisis committee of the province of Santa Cruz who arranged a series of preventive measures.
The Colossus, located 137 kilometers south of the city of Coyhaique, is now a violent activity, according to the Chilean authorities, could erupt at any time.
The neighboring country numerous evacuations ordered and decreed a red alert amid forecasts of the experts. "It is possible that a major eruption occurs within hours given the release of energy and activity that has had the volcano," said the director of Volcano Observatory in Los Andes del Sur (Ovdas), Fernando Gil, who warned of earthquakes to 3 on the Richter scale in the area and plumes of over 1.5 kilometers.
Meanwhile, in Santa Cruz, the government minister, Jos? Manuel C?rdoba, called for "calm" during the crisis committee meeting and said they are traveling element sent by the Ministry of Social Development.
Cordova said that the Ministry of Mining of the Nation and the Argentine Geological Mining Service (Segemar) report on an ongoing basis all information and data that have Chilean authorities on the activity of the volcano.
"Right now there are only columns of smoke and ashes. Therefore, for prevention, we are preparing ourselves because we know that this happens every twenty years, but we know the intensity you can have," he said.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
As detailed, mining companies are making goggles and masks to protect themselves if necessary. The Army is working on providing water treatment plants and is responsible for coordinating logistics with other settlements in the region.
The experience we had with the eruption of the Hudson, in 1991, they said, helps tremendously. "We know the hard work was done at that time and we are transferring that knowledge to serve the populations of Perito Moreno and the Ancient and give them all the appoggiatura needed if this situation is complicated," he adds.
The tasks range from preventive health care and fuel tanks to the distribution of food and other items.
"We want to have the assurance that everything is covered if there is a lot of ash in the area," insisted the government minister.
The Chilean government decreed red alert yesterday and evacuated 97 people living in the vicinity of Hudson volcano, which records a continuous activity which affects the communities of Aysen, Chile Rio Ibanez and Chico, the latter a few miles of the Ancients in the northwest corner of Santa Cruz.
BACKGROUND
REMEMBERING 1991
The Hudson awakens
the further damage caused by the eruption of Hudson volcano occurred between 8 and August 15, 1991. He remained active until December 29 of that year. The Hudson seemed asleep after previous mild rash, in 1971, when only some ashes fell in Chile and the Ancients. He had also erupted moderately in 1930. Yesterday woke up again.
AFTER MANY CENTURIES
The Chait?n eruption of
Chait?n, Chile, is a small volcano, which erupted with force on May 2, 2008 and, more mild, in 2009. The proximity to the city of Esquel caused a cloud of ash that reached Buenos Aires. Studies in Chile, the volcano had registered its previous eruption in the seventeenth century. That is, had remained "asleep" for a long period.
CATASTROPHE IN SOUTH
Puyehue, most recently
on 4 June this year, the Puyehue volcano, 2240 meters, which is part of Caulle Cord, erupted with an explosion of ash that covered the sky and nearby cities Villa La Angostura and San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. This volcano had been several eruptions in 1960 (after the earthquake in Valdivia), in 1934, 1929 and 1921. In those previous occasions, the plume and activity lasted about a year. For the wind direction (west-east) ash often affect Argentina.