Calbuco volcano erupts

Lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile on April 23, 2015.

(Martin Bernetti, AFP/Getty Images)

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April 22, 2015 10:30 PM PT

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The Calbuco volcano erupted April 22, 2015 for the first time in more than 42 years, and Chilean authorities ordered thousands of people living in a town a few miles away to evacuate. Read more here.

Lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile on April 23, 2015.

(Martin Bernetti, AFP/Getty Images)

A high column of ash and lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile on April 23, 2015. (David Cortes Serey, AFP/Getty Images)

A high column of ash and lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile on April 22, 2015.

(Giordana Schmidt, AFP/Getty Images)

A high column of ash and lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile on April 22, 2015.

(Giordana Schmidt, AFP/Getty Images)

A high column of ash and lava spews from the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile on April 22, 2015. (Diego Main, AFP/Getty Images)

Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted on April 22, 2015, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky. (Francisco Ramos Mejia, AFP/Getty Images)

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