It had been more than 40 years since the Calbuco volcano erupted. It's blown twice this week — generating striking images and concerns over the effects of both the lava and a mammoth cloud of ash.

SANTIAGO, Chile — The Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile.

On May 2, 2008, the Chaitén volcano in Chile awoke with unexpected fury after more than 9,000 years of dormancy. The eruption blasted rocks and ash a dozen miles into the air, and then heavy ...

I’ve stayed in my share of all-inclusives. Buffets, bracelets, watered-down cocktails in plastic cups—you know the drill. But Hotel AWA, set on the pristine shores of Chile’s Lake Llanquihue, ...

PUCON, Chile (AP) — One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities ...

As if capturing a volcanic eruption wasn't incredible enough on its own, photographer Francisco Negroni got a moment above the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile when volcanic lightning started.

The 9,000-foot (2,847-meter) volcano in Chile’s central valley, 400 miles (670 kilometers) south of Santiago, sits above the small city of Pucon, which has a population of about 22,000 people.

The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which ...

Chile is dubbed the land of fire for good reason. There’s its 2,700-mile coastline of unspoiled, golden-sand beaches, the Atacama Desert bookending the country in the north, and lava-filled ...

True GritSpewed by Chile's Puyehue volcano, ash blankets the Nahuel Huapi lakeshore in Bariloche, Argentina, near the Chilean border, on June 12. (See pictures: "Volcano Supercharges Sunsets Far ...

One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands ...

One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands ...