A volcano on La Palma has been spewing lava, smoke and ash for a week.
There is no all-clear in sight on the Canary Island.
Now the lava has crushed a church.
Santa Cruz - Lava flows on La Palma roll relentlessly towards the sea.
The 1000 degree hot lava burns and crushes everything on its way.
More than 461 houses have now been destroyed on the Canary Island of La Palma.
More than 6,200 people had to be evacuated.
Many have lost everything.
The lava flow has buried more than 212 hectares under itself.
The airport on La Palma was completely closed for 24 hours due to volcanic ash.
Take-offs and landings impossible.
Numerous flights have been canceled.
Long queues of travelers formed at the port, who now wanted to leave the island by ferry and mainly fly back home via Tenerife.
According to the operating company Aena, the airport will be open again on Sunday.
However, many airlines have still deleted La Palma from their flight schedule - as of Sunday.
Because of the volcanic ash, schools will also be closed in the capital Santa Cruz on Monday.
Volcanic eruption on La Palma situation changes every hour
At the moment, volcanologists cannot predict the end of the volcanic eruption. The eruptions can go on for weeks and months. The scientists observe the activity of the volcano very closely, collect various data from seismic activities, the air and ash, and analyze lava flows. The situation changes every hour. The main cone of the volcano partially collapsed on Saturday morning, and two new mouths broke open. A violent eruption occurred on Sunday afternoon.
Various satellites from space transmit data to Earth.
Every day there are new pictures that show the extent of the force of nature from space.
You can see how the lava spreads on the surface.
The satellite called “Landsat8” took a photo without clouds for the first time on Sunday.
The photo was shared on Twitter.
"Landsat 8" is an earth observation satellite of the US aerospace authority NASA.
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Volcanic eruption on La Palma: Landsat8 satellite transmits cloudless photo from space for the first time.
© Screenshot Twitter
Volcanic eruption on La Palma
The volcano in the Cumbre Vieja area on the island of La Palma erupted on September 19, 2021.
The volcano is in the south of the island.
Scientists feared an outbreak weeks ago.
The volcano in the Cumbre Vieja area last erupted in 1971, 50 years ago, previously in 1949.
The Canaries are of volcanic origin.
In addition to La Palma, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote belong to it.
Volcano on La Palma - lava flow two kilometers from the sea
A new lava flow crushed Todoque Church that Sunday.
The church tower collapsed around 6 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Videos on social media document this dramatic moment.
Pictures of Josè Peña.
El volcán 🌋 continúa devastando todo a su alrededor.
The magma entra en núcleo urbano.
Cae la iglesia de Todoque.
pic.twitter.com/kdcJnHQxUh
- Radio MARCA Tenerife (@RadioMarcaTfe) September 26, 2021
On Tuesday, helpers loaded the crucifix, chandeliers and paintings from the church onto trucks and brought them to safety.
It seemed like lava would spare the church.
Hope grew when the lava flow in the city stopped.
But at the moment the lava is making its way again inexorably at 100 meters per hour.
It is two kilometers to the sea.
If and when does the lava reach the sea?
Experts have been warning of this scenario since the volcanic eruption began.
Because this moment is extremely dangerous *.
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