Officials in the Argentine town of Villa La Angostura have asked for the area to be declared an emergency zone after up to a foot of ash fell in the area, and the Health Ministry has deployed psychologists to counsel anxious residents, Reuters reports.

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A woman walks between a street full of volcanic ash in Villa La Angostura, Argentina, on June 16.

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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 on June 16.

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Ash from a volcanic eruption in Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain cover parts of the water surface of the Nahuel Huapi Lake in the Argentine resort town of Villa La Angostura on June 16. A volcano across the border in Chile erupted on June 4 after being dormant for decades, sending a towering cloud of ash into the air and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights as far away as Australia.

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A cow is covered by ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina on June 16.
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