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Eruptions intensified this Friday at the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, prompting authorities to order additional evacuations, while several flights were canceled due to the increase in volcanic ash.
The Canary Islands emergency services sent an update of the volcano through social networks that described "the intensification of the explosive phenomenon and the intense emission of ash. They also ordered the evacuation of two towns, as well as part of a third town that did not had been evacuated before.
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Several flights to and from La Palma this Friday afternoon were canceled, according to the Spanish airport operator AENA on its website.
Binter airlines operating in the Canary Islands tweeted that they had canceled flights to La Palma and the nearby island of La Gomera due to volcanic ash.
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It was the sixth consecutive day of volcanic eruptions on La Palma, one of the smallest islands in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez remained on the island this Friday morning, where he has been for most of the week, since the eruptions began last Sunday.
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Sánchez told reporters on Friday that the Spanish government approved "immediate financial assistance for housing" for displaced people;
and financial aid for the purchase of household items to replace the lost ones and so that the island's irrigation system for crops continues to function;
and unemployment assistance for people who have lost their jobs.
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