by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:

Chile’s 9,300-foot-high snow-capped volcano Villarrica has become active again, tossing lava fireballs into the air and shaking the ground with earthquake swarms. Local officials are concerned the next big eruption could be nearing as they put Chile on alert.

“While we cannot predict when the volcano will erupt, the conditions are in place,” Alvaro Amigo, the head of the National Volcanic Surveillance Network, told Associated Free Press. Amigo said the volcano was dangerous because its eruptions often cause perilous volcanic rock and mud flows “and because it has a large population and infrastructure around it.”