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Villarrica volcano (Central Chile): strong ash emissions yesterday

Soon after the eruption, a heavy ashfall covered a large area of the snow-covered flank, following copious ash emissions yesterday afternoon (image: AngaritaVPhotography/X.com)

The explosive eruption at the volcano continues.

A considerable amount of continuing black-colored ash emisisons were produced from atop the volcano at 14:49 local time yesterday. An ash plume rose about 320 meters above the summit vent and propagated to the northeast of the volcano. The eruption generated a small ash flow due to pyroclastic material being denser than surrounding air. Fresh ash deposits of dark ash-to-lapilli tephra on snow-covered slopes are clearly visible.