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"Many" houses destroyed by lava in the Canaries, 5,000 evacuations took place

2021-09-20T10:57:21.915Z


The volcano that erupted on the Spanish island of La Palma, in the tourist archipelago of the Canaries, continued to spit on Monday, September 20 in the morning ...


The volcano erupted on the Spanish island of La Palma, in the tourist archipelago of the Canaries, continued on Monday, September 20 in the morning to spit out its lava which destroyed, according to the authorities, "

many

" houses as it slowly descended towards the sea. Wed A total of 5,000 people have had to leave their homes since the Cumbre Vieja eruption began on Sunday, authorities said. The regional government of the Canaries has specified on Twitter that it does not foresee any new evacuations at this stage, the lava flows heading “

towards the sea

”.

The eruption, the first on the island of La Palma in 50 years, has already caused significant damage.

"

There are many houses destroyed

", assured AFP a spokeswoman for the regional government, adding that the exact count was "

still in progress

".

Videos circulating on social media showed impressive lava flows burning trees, completely covering roads and rushing into houses through open windows.

The eruption "will continue" but the "safety" of the inhabitants is "guaranteed"

Questioned by public television (TVE), the mayor of El Paso, one of the four villages evacuated preventively by the authorities, assured that "

at least twenty houses

" had been "

completely destroyed

" in his commune.

"

The lava left absolutely nothing in its path

", testified Sergio Rodriguez, stressing that the inhabitants were "

in uncertainty

".

They will "

not be going home for a while, most definitely,

" he predicted.

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The Cumbre Vieja volcano, located in the center of the island of La Palma, had been under close surveillance for a week due to a huge surge in seismic activity. It erupted shortly after 3:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. According to the president of the Canary Islands region, Angel Victor Torres, it would contain between 17 and 20 million cubic meters of lava. For this reason, the eruption "

will continue

", he warned in a video posted on Twitter. "

According to the technical committee, everything seems to indicate that there will not be new eruption points

", added the elected official, assuring that "

the safety

" of the inhabitants was "

guaranteed

".

Source: lefigaro

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