Houses are buried in ash and lava: the volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands has been going on for 6 weeks

The volcano of the Canary Islands continues to erupt, the ash worries the locals, reports euronews.

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Eruptions on the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge began on September 19, 2021 at 15:12 local time.

During the next 16 hours, there were 8 lava outbursts.

Lava flows began to move towards the coast at a speed of 700 meters per hour, later the speed dropped to 200.

The height of the lava flow reached 15 meters.

On the night of September 29, lava reached the ocean and formed a ledge.

On September 30, frozen lava formed a peninsula in the ocean with an area of ​​more than 20 hectares.

Six weeks after the volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma, huge amounts of ash and lava continued to cover buildings and farmland.

La Palma is a volcanic island on which the 25 km long Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge is located, which has erupted more than once in the past (in 1470, 1585, 1646, 1677, 1712, 1949 and 1971).

The last eruption, in 1971, claimed the life of a photographer who got too close to the lava and suffocated from the vapors.

The Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME) and the Army were working in the restricted area, removing ash from the rooftops of buildings.

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Some of the lava flows have reached a height of 40 meters, according to rescue personnel, since the strong magma spills in the previous days did not advance much.

Intensa actividad estromboliana a las 19.30 (hora canaria). Se observa la caída de bombas volcánicas en la cercanía del cono / Intense strombolian activity at 7.30 pm (Canarian time). The fall of volcanic bombs is observed in the vicinity of the cone pic.twitter.com/OjWy7zAIZy

- INVOLCAN (@involcan) October 30, 2021

Streams of molten rock from the Cumbre Vieja volcano itself caused the evacuation of about 7500 people and destroyed more than 2500 buildings, mostly residential buildings.

Lava rivers cover over 970 hectares of agricultural land.

With the exception of the area on the west side of the island, the 85 inhabitants of La Palma continue to live as usual, except for the removal of volcanic ash.

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