Flight operations in Australia were severely disrupted today in the backdrop of volcanic ash cloud rising from a Chilean volcano, causing inconvenience to over one lakh passengers who are facing delays in their scheduled travel.

The country's flagship carrier Qantas cancelled its services to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne for Wednesday, and continued to monitor the flight path between Perth and Melbourne, reports said. It also cancelled flights to Adelaide last night.

It is expected to remain over Sydney overnight but move southward by tomorrow and expectations are that it will clear Australia by Wednesday night

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