Lockdown ends for 3,000 La Palma residents as volcano cloud passes
Over 700 residents were ordered to abandon their homes on Tuesday on the Spanish island of La Palma as red-hot lava advanced towards their neighbourhood.
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Over 700 residents were ordered to abandon their homes on Tuesday on the Spanish island of La Palma as red-hot lava advanced towards their neighbourhood.
Footage shows homes on the Spanish island bursting into flames as a river of molten magma descended from the Cumbre Vieja volcano.
By Bart Biesemans and Silvio Castellanos LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) -Over 700 residents were ordered to abandon their homes on Tuesday on the Spanish island of La Palma as red-hot lava advanced towards their neighbourhood. As the river of molten magma descended from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the northeast of the Canary Island, authorities ordered between 700 and 800 inhabitants of La Laguna to leave home with their belongings and pets, according to the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan (Pevolca). We have been obliged to evacuate a new area. The lava is advancing slowly. People should hav...
Molten magma from the eruption that began on September 19 has laid waste to nearly 600 hectares in total
More than three thousand residents of La Palma were allowed to leave their homes on Tuesday when authorities ended a lockdown ordered after a thick cloud of smoke erupted from a volcano that has devastated the Spanish Canary island.