Santiago, Chile -- Melting ice from a glacier in southern Chile has caused a glacial lake to empty suddenly, sending a sudden rush of water rolling through a river. However, no one was injured in the area.

Global warming and rising world temperatures caused water to fill the Cachet Lake and increased pressure on the ice sheet. Melting water from the Colonia glacier gradually caused a 5-mile tunnel through the glacier that emptied into the Baker River on April 6, according to The Associated Press.

The lake was nearly full again by late Wednesday.

Record high temperatures during the recent Southern Hemisphere summer caused the melting of large masses of ice, which further swelled some lakes.

In 2007, rising temperatures led to the disappearance of the Tempano Lake in Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. It has since recovered some of its former volume.

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