Comptroller Detects “Weak” Monitoring of Villarrica Volcano: 597 Equipment Remain Unused

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The Regional Comptroller’s Office of La Araucanía issued a report where it found that at the Southern Andes Volcano Observatory (OVDAS), a technical unit under the National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin), it revealed a number of deficiencies in volcanic monitoring and risk management in the Villarrica volcano area. One of the main observations in Final Report No.408 revealed that 597 monitoring teams remain unused in the OVDAS winery i…

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The National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin) responded to the audit report of the Regional Comptroller’s Office of La Araucanía to the Volcano Observatory of Los Andes del Sur (OVDAS), which points to a “weak monitoring” of Villarrica Volcano. The contralor entity “saved a serious number of deficiencies in volcanic monitoring and risk management in the Villarrica volcano area, putting the population at risk in the event of a natural …

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The Comptroller’s Office of La Araucanía detected a number of deficiencies in volcanic monitoring and risk management in the Villarrica volcano area, which puts the population at risk in the event of a natural disaster. The audit was carried out to the Volcano Observatory of Los Andes del Sur (OVDAS) and is part [...] The Comptroller’s entry warns weak monitoring of the Villarrica volcano: 597 unused equipment was first published in INFOGATE.

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Audit also detected an evacuation point located in a high-risk area of lava and lahars; there is a lack of signage in 5 points and the presence of fences and gates in 5 others, which increases the vulnerability of the population of Villarrica and Pucón.

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The monitoring body warns that the Regional Emergency Plan and the Specific Emergency Plan for the Eruption of the Villarrica Volcano have not been updated, despite the fact that the regulations require revisions every two years.