CHILE: Volcano's Growing Lava Cork...Could Cause New Eruptions; Regional Flights Cancelled; Australian Flights Delayed.

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Geologists at the Puyehue volcano report that a lava “cork” is blocking important lava flows...and possibly building-up pressure for massive new eruptions.

Meanwhile, travel misery continues for many.
Chile's national carrier LAN suspended many regional flights...and far away in Australia...many flights were delayed.

Ranchers are also worried about 1.5 million sheep and livestock grazing on ash-covered pastures.

CHILE/ ARGENTINA : 7 June UPDATE: Ash Cloud Reaches B. Aires; All Flights Cancelled From Puyehue Volcano Eruptions.

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TO SEE: 11 magnificent eruption fotos:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jun/05/chile-volcano-eruption-in-pictures#/?picture=375383031&index=0

    Columns of heavy ash from the Puyehue volcano chain eruptions have reached Buenos Aires and even Santiago...causing many flights to be cancelled.
   Geologists say the volcano might erupt...for several weeks.
   The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain in southern Chile has erupted for the first time in 51 years.
   Columns of gas and ash measure six miles/10 kms high and three miles/five kms wide.
   The government evacuated 4,000 residents to shelters and issued a maximum warning alert for the area.
   A border crossing between Argentina and Chile is closed.

   In the resort city of Bariloche, Argentina...100 kms/62 miles from the volcano "...ash was dumped like a snowstorm...the city is covered in grey ash,” said a resident. Officials have closed the airport there until at least midweek.
   Its last major eruption was in 1960, following a magnitude 9.5 earthquake.