300 Canary Island residents have been forced to flee their homes by a "tsunami" of lava coming from Cumbre Vieja volcano La Palma.
The spokesperson for the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute stated that the latest eruption caused a "lava flood", which was captured on Friday by the institute's cameras.
Uno de nuestros equipos ha podido filmar hoy un verdadero "tsunami" de lava. Today, one of our crew managed to film a "tsunami" de lava at an incredible velocity and desborde of the canal lvico Amazing speed and overflow on the lava channel. pic.twitter.com/aoKiUSJ2bX INVOLCAN (@involcan) October 14, 2021
According to the EU Copernicus Emergency Management Service, the video shows magma at temperatures of around 1,075 Celsius and high viscosity, rolling into La Palma. The lava has submerged 7.36 kilometers.
According to Reuters, the strongest earthquake to strike the island was the 4.5 magnitude quake. This was out of 100 such quakes that were recorded within 24 hours.
(REUTERS/Susana Vera)
Above: The Cumbre Vieja volcano spews hot lava, as it continues to erupt at the Canary Island La Palma. This was viewed from Tajuya in Spain on 17 October 2021.
The eruption has not caused any injuries.
However, there is concern about the sulfur dioxide that was emitted by the eruption.
Clouds of toxic smoke that can cause breathing problems have reached Europe and the Caribbean.
Robin George Andrews, a volcanologist, writes in The Times that scientists cannot predict when an eruption will stop.
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