LA PALMA: One of the cones collapses joining several vents of the volcano
A more intense lava flow is being emitted and the eruptive cloud reaches up to 4.5 kilometres high…
A more intense lava flow is being emitted and the eruptive cloud reaches up to 4.5 kilometres high…
There will be diversions and junctions closed after 10pm every night this week…
Meteorological conditions are preventing the dispersion of gases, keeping them at low levels of the atmosphere…
Vortices are huge rings of steam and gas that sometimes form over the eruptive columns of some volcanoes…
Although the lava flow is not that big at the moment, it is affecting areas that had not been affected the eruption before…
The largest has taken place in Fuencaliente in the south of the island, measured at 4.0 on the Richter scale…
Sulphur Dioxide measurements are far exceeding usual levels, but aren’t deemed harmful to humans…
Lifeguards tried to save him before paramedics arrived, but unfortunately he died…
Film crews have managed to capture it with long distance lenses showing the full extent and power of the lava…
It has reached the coast road and has left Puerto Naos, El Remo and La Bombilla cut off…
Yesterday a seismic swarm of 16 tremors took place in the same area just south of the main eruption…
It now covers over 258 hectares causing damages to homes and land estimated at over 200 million euros…
It has overtaken yesterday’s lava which cooled down and slowed down 800 metres from the coast…
They have been told to stay indoors with their windows shut due to harmful gases from the reaction of the lava and sea water…
The new flows are moving faster and overtaking previous ones leading to new devastation…
The new lava is flowing faster down the slopes with bigger rocks from the crater in it…
There is concern that the main cone is going to collapse which will mean larger fragments of rock thrown into the air…
The remaining population in Tacande and Tajuya are being evacuated due to the new blast…
Sometimes nature behaves in a curious way, as these images show how lava surrounds some houses leaving them safe from destruction…
Three big explosive eruptions were seen and felt by the public late yesterday afternoon and evening…