Spanish volcano victims feel forgotten, want change from election
La Palma, Spain Reuters Living in rows of look-alike makeshift homes as hardened black lava covers the once-bucolic valleys where they used to dwell, many residents of the Spanish island of La Palma feel resentment and yearn for political change in this month’s general election. The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano over three months […]
La Palma residents scale volcanic ash mountains to return home
Las Manchas, SpainReuters Eighty-year-old Sabino Leal Jeronimo returned to his home on Spain’s Canary Island of La Palma for the first time in four months on Friday after a volcanic eruption forced him to flee. Lava streams may no longer threaten to burn down his house in the hilly town of Las Manchas, but what […]
La Palma volcano eruption declared over after three months of destruction
Madrid, SpainReuters Scientists declared the eruption on Spain’s La Palma officially over on Saturday, allowing islanders to breathe a sigh of relief nearly 100 days after the Cumbre Vieja volcano began to spew out lava, rock and ash and upended the lives of thousands. After bursting into action on Sept. 19, the volcano suddenly went […]
Muted Christmas joy in La Palma evacuees’ caravan as volcano falls silent
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain Reuters Dacil Batista felt little Christmas cheer while trimming a plastic fir tree by the caravan where she, her family and pets have been living since the volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma forced them from their home. “No matter how low you feel, at this time […]
Inside La Palma’s volcano: lull in activity allows look into crater
La Palma, Canary Islands, SpainReuters The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma was silent for a second day on Wednesday, giving scientists the first chance to study the main crater from its brink as the eruption appeared to be nearing its end after three months. A group of scientists collecting gas […]
Coastal towns locked down in La Palma as lava crashes into ocean
Madrid, SpainReuters Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma ordered residents of three coastal towns to stay indoors on Monday after a new stream of lava crashed into the ocean, sending thick clouds of potentially toxic gases high into the sky. A third tongue of lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been […]
Rock rises out of the sea as second La Palma lava flow reaches ocean
Madrid, SpainReuters New cascades of red-hot lava tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s La Palma on Wednesday morning, sending up plumes of white smoke and extending a platform of volcanic rock created by earlier flows. The stream of molten rock from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which began erupting in mid-September, reached the water near […]
La Palma locals pay All Saints tribute remotely as lava cuts off cemetery
La Palma, Canary Islands, SpainReuters Locals on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma lit candles and laid flowers for their loved ones at a makeshift memorial on Monday, after the cemetery where they are buried was cut off by the lava flow from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Islanders, unable to visit the graves of […]
Spain vows to speed up aid to volcano-hit La Palma
La Palma, Canary Islands, SpainReuters Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain would speed up aid to the hard-hit agriculture and fishing industries on the island of La Palma, where part of the volcano’s cone collapsed on Saturday and red hot lava continued to flow over a month after the eruption began. Lava has covered almost […]
As Spanish volcano roars, drones drop food for dogs stranded by lava
La Palma, Spain Reuters Several emaciated dogs lie curled up in and around a walled, ash-covered yard cut off by volcanic lava in the mountainous area of Todoque on the Spanish island of La Palma, until a drone appears in the sky to drop packages with food and water. They lift their heads to look […]