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Emergency workers back in. theyre scrambling to pick up the piles of ash. at the same time that theyre waiting for a possible third eruption. really keeping people here on edge. these days all eyes in southern chile on the calbuco volcano, watching and waiting. none of the airline was fly in for at least 24 hours. the volcano erupted for the first time in more than 40 years on wednesday. a second eruption just a few hours later. now we work our way closer to the still-smoldering crater. past one...

Residents now allowed back for a short time to clean the ash off their houses and save what they can. the first thing we did was to grab the dogs and run, he says. now, were cleaning up because its going to rain soon and it will make the ash very heavy. friends and family scrambling to clean off roofs before they collapse under the weight. literally buckets of ash fell on the town. ensanata. it fell so fast that people dropped what they were doing. right here at this restaurant, they were prepar...

Protestors are taking over some areas near the stadium. theres a strong and large police presence. >> 2,000 people living near the volcano in chile. they were told they had to evacuate after volcanic mud flow. there was a second explosion thursday. they warned the process could go on for weeks and they expect a third eruption. >> the pentagons drone policy now under review after the accidental deaths of two hostages held by al qaeda. both of them aid workers. but the family says its not just the...

Centimeters. we have more from chile. >> reporter: these days, all eyes on southern chile on the volcano, watching, waiting. we finally made it. its taking a while, none of the airlines would fly in for at least 24 hours. the volcano erupted for the first time in more than 40 years on sunday. a second eruption just a few hours later. now, we work our way closer to the still smoldering crater. past one, two, three checkpoints to get into the exclusion zone. were finally in the town that is comple...

Or ash in that area. >> reporter: these days all eyes on southern chile on the cabuco volcano. we finally made it in. >> reporter: the volcano erupted for the first time in 40 years on wednesday. a second eruption just a few hours later. now we work wour way closer to the still smoldering crater. past one, two -- three checkpoints to get into the zone. we are finally here, you can hardly breathe when you roll down the windows. the sheep, the cattle are left behind. theyre trying to get them out ...

Be on its way. ash covers the landscape here like a blanket of snow. and always in the background calbuco, once again sending up smoke. now what people are doing here fred is not only cleaning up the ash, but also coming back in to get the animals. this sal rural area. we were just with one family they were herding the cattle down the mountain. weve seen trucks going by filled with salmon. they take the water trucks over to the fisheries, put the salmon in and try to get them out so they dont di...

Region is going through, just these extreme measures to try and save whats so important for their livelihood. standing here under this falling ash, you get a sense of how difficult this is going to be going forward. we dont know when or if this volcano is going to calm down. the last thing the officials said is its unstable. while its unstable while its still pumping out this ash, were going to have to be on alert for a possible third eruption. so thats what people are doing, cleaning up trying ...

Been left behind theyre trying to get them out now. theres clouds of ash wherever we go. this was one of the first towns evacuated. residents now allowed back for a short time to clean the ash off their houses, and save what they can. the first thing we did was to grab the dogs and run, he says. now were cleaning up because its going to rain soon and it will make the ash very heavy. friends and family scrambling to clean off roofs before they collapse under the weight. literally buckets of ash f...

65,000 feet. explosive eruption carries that debris way up there and that rock and that ash starts to become positively charged. so basically what we are doing is separating the charge of neutrality and negative charge to electronics. basically allowing for that static electricity or lightning bolt to form. and we get that within the volcano and creates a spectacular site. i like to call this the fusion of light. it is basically mother nature balancing charges. what an amazing thing. what a spen...

Dormant. the eruptions sent smoke and ash six miles into the air. the authorities have evacuated thousands of people who live within 12 miles of that volcano. eruptions have been so big that ash is falling into neighboring argentina. and authorities say theyre expecting an even bigger explosion to happen soon. the first eruption occurred wednesday, shortly before nightfall. the second went off this morning just before sunrise, providing us with this image of volcanic lightning in action. never s...