10 June 2011
Last updated at 17:39 ET
Police officers watch the steaming waters of the Nilahue river
A cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile is continuing to cause travel chaos in parts of Argentina and Uruguay.
The cloud has also affected flights in the south of Brazil.
Flights from the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, and Montevideo in Uruguay, remain grounded for a second day.
Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano range began erupting last Saturday.
Many flights from airports in southern Brazilian cities such as Porto Alegre and Florianopolis – some 2,500km (1,550 miles) from the volcano – were cancelled on Friday.
But a correspondent for the BBC’s Brazilian Service says the situation is returning to normal, as winds blow the fine grey ash out over the Atlantic.
Ski season fears
A spokesman at Montevideo’s Carrasco international airport told the AFP news agency there was a slim chance that planes could start taking off and landing there late on Friday.
And the airport
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