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Volcanic Ash Suffocates Argentine Towns

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<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A cow is covered by ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades.(AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (AP)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> Sheep are covered with ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. (AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> Ashes and smoke billow through the clouds after the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile, seen from the border cross with Argentina, Cardenal Samore, in southern Chile, Wednesday June 15, 2011. The volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. The ash spread across the Pacific, prompting authorities to suspend flights in Australia and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Alvaro Vidal) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> Ashes and smoke billow through the clouds after the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile, seen from the border cross with Argentina, Cardenal Samore, in southern Chile, Wednesday June 15, 2011. The volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. The ash spread across the Pacific, prompting authorities to suspend flights in Australia and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Alvaro Vidal) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A sheep stands in a field covered in volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano near Pilcaniyeu in southern Argentina, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Scientists say the volcano's eruption has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days. (AP Photo/Photos Patagonia) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A road is blanketed in volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Scientists say the volcano's eruption has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days. The sign reads in Spanish; "Attention, children playing." (AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A man wearing a protective mask stands next to sheep on a farm blanketed by volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, near Pilcaniyeu in southern Argentina, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Scientists say the volcano's eruption has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days. (AP Photo/Photos Patagonia) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A boat covered by volcanic ash sits docked on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake, also blanketed in volcanic ash, in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. (AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> Cattle stand on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake, blanketed with ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, at Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. (AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A boat covered by volcanic ash sits on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. (AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A bird of prey commonly known as "chimango" feeds off the carcass of a hare on a road covered in volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano near Pilcaniyeu in southern Argentina, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Scientists say the volcano's eruption has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days. (AP Photo/Photos Patagonia) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

<a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/slideshow/latino/news/2011/06/06/erupting-chilean-volcano-jaw-dropping-sight/#slide=1">Also See: Jaw Dropping Photos of Chilean Volcanic Explosion</a> A man wearing a protective mask walks on a street blanketed in volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Tuesday June 14, 2011. Scientists say the volcano's eruption has diminished, although they warn that ash likely will keep spewing out for at least several more days. (AP Photo/Federico Grosso) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)