As scenes in Chile start to resemble something out of a Hollywood blockbuster, residents in the vicinity of the Calbuco volcano are being forced to flee their homes.
Yesterday afternoon, Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire), an active volcano near Antigua, Guatemala unexpectedly began erupting, causing panic and the forced evacuation of over 33 000 people. The eruption caused volcanic ash to fall more than half a kilometre down the mountain.