volcanic activity 2015
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PowerPoint Show by Andrew
A look at volcanoes around the world that have been threatening in the past few months.
From Japan to Chile, eruptions occurred in dramatic fashion, forcing many evacuations.
View from Frutillar, southern Chile, of lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano, on April 23.
The Villarrica Volcano is seen partially covered by clouds at Pucon, Chile, May 18.
An Indonesian farmer in Karo district looks at Mount Sinabung volcano spewing smoke and ash on June 3.
Indonesian villagers find refuge in a temporary shelter at Kabanjahe village in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, June 4.
The windows of an abandoned Christian church near Mount Sinabung volcano, can be seen half buried under volcanic ash in North Sumatra June 5.
Residents sit on a truck as they leave Sibintun village during an evacuation in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, June 3.
An abandoned Christian church near Mount Sinabung volcano (background) is buried under volcanic ash and rocks in North Sumatra province on June 5.
The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night in Pucon town, Chile, May 10.
Trees leveled to the ground by pyroclastic flow and covered volcanic ash on Mount Shindake are seen at Kuchinoerabujima island, where the eruption of Mount Shindake prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on May 30.
An Indonesian soldier assists residents onto a military truck during evacuation in a village in Karo district near Mount Sinabung volcano on June 3.
The Wolf volcano in eruption in Isabela Island, Ecuador on May 25.
Lava flows out of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano as it erupts on May 17 on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean.
A woman shovels out mud from inside a house that was affected by heavy rains mixed with ash from Calbuco Volcano in Rio Claro town, near Puerto Mont city, Chile, May 3.
The Calbuco volcano erupts near Puerto Varas, Chile on April 22.
Soldiers remove ashes that fell from Calbuco Volcano, in the town of Ensenada in Puerto Varas, Chile April 30.
Residents salvage belongings from their houses destroyed by the floods from the Blanco river after the Calbuco volcano erupted, in Correntoso, in Los Lagos region, Chile, April 29.
A thick plume pours from the Calbuco volcano, near Puerto Varas, Chile, April 30.
Victor Hugo Toledo shovels volcanic ash from the eruption of the volcano Calbuco, from the entrance of his home home in Puerto Varas, Chile, April 26.
Vegetation covered with ash from the Calbuco Volcano in La Ensenada, southern Chile, on April 26.
A soldier helps cleaning a house after the eruption of Chilean Calbuco volcano close to Chamiza locality, Los Lagos region, southern Chile, April 25.
A man reacts as he stands inside a pool with dead salmon at a salmon production plant which was damaged by lahar from Calbuco Volcano at Correntoso near Chamiza, April 25, 2015.
Shot through a window, volcanic ash floats in the air along a road leading to the town of Ensenada in the municipality of Puerto Varas, Chile, April 24.
A flower is seen covered with ash from the Calbuco volcano in the Patagonian Argentine area of San Martin de Los Andes April 23.
Edubino Baez wears a mask as protection against volcanic ash during an evacuation operation in Puerto Montt area, Chile, April 25.
View of the Calbuco volcano from Puerto Varas on April 24.
Locals round up cows to be transported from Ensenada which is covered with ashes from Calbuco Volcano, April 27.
A sculpture is seen next to a soldier at Ensenada town, which is covered in ash from Calbuco volcano, in Puerto Varas, Chile April 30.
The Calbuco volcano erupts near Puerto Varas, Chile, April 23.