San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
The six-week eruption of a volcano in southern Chile has regained strength with bursts of thick gas, seismic rumblings and the emergence of two new craters. Gov. Sergio Galilea of the Los Lagos region said Friday that police and military personnel stationed...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Gov. Sergio Galilea of the Los Lagos region said Friday that police and military personnel stationed near Chaiten volcano were ordered to leave. The volcano is 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) south of the Chilean capital of Santiago. It erupted May 2 and has forced the evacuation of 4,500 residents form the nearby village of Chaiten. The village has since been heavily damaged by the overflowing...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... pilot. The fact that everyone else is alive is proof of that," said Lake District Governor Sergio Galilea. Only five of the crash survivors suffered injuries, thanks to the fact that the pilot dampened the effect by crashing the plane into treetops. "(Survivors) are in good condition, even quite good," Galilea added. The injured were to be taken to Puerto Montt for further...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... a heavy rain and taken to the nearby town of Puerto Raul Marin for medical care. Regional Gov. Sergio Galilea said none of the survivors is seriously injured.
The Cessna Caravan disappeared Saturday during a flight from Puerto Montt to La Junta, a small village in the Aysen region, close to the erupting Chaiten volcano.
Authorities mounted a large air and ground search...
Fresh Bilge (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
... in Chile over the weekend. El Mercurio reported on 6 June that the Minister of Public Works, Sergio Bitar, the Intende of Los Lagos Region, Sergio Galilea, and Mayor Fritis, had announced that the town of Chaitén would be reconstructed in exactly the same location ‘immediately the volcanic activity has ended’. So far so good, although rebuilding a town destroyed by a volcano...
