Authorities evacuated about 5,000 people from villages on the island La Palma, in the Canary Islands of Spain, as lava comes out of the volcano Kubre Vieha, which erupted yesterday Sunday.
The lava wave has already swallowed 20 houses in the village of El Paso as well as some streets, Mayor Sergio Rodrκεguez told TVE radio station this morning.
He is now heading to the neighboring village of Los Lianos de Aridane where hundreds of houses are in danger, he added.
“We are monitoring the lava flow,” he explained.
Lava was shaken to a height of hundreds of meters from volcano after its eruption on Sunday, while rivers of molten rock flow into the Atlantic Ocean through a sparsely populated area of La Palma.
Local authorities have evacuated about 5,000 people from four villages, including El Paso and Los Lianos de Aridane.
According to Canary Islands President Angel Victor Torres, no other residents will have to leave their homes.
La Palma: There have been about 17 to 20 million cubic meters of lava since the eruption
“The lava is moving towards the shores and the damage will be only material. “According to experts, there are about 17 to 20 million cubic meters of lava,” he said.
So far no injuries have been reported and there will not be if everyone behaves prudently, commented volcanologist Nemesio Pereth.
The Canary Islands-based airline Binter announced today that it has canceled four flights to and from La Gomera Island due to volcanic ash and cloud from a volcanic eruption on the neighboring island of La Palma.
La Palma was on alert after more than 22,000 tremors were recorded in one week from the Kubre Vieha volcano, which belongs to a chain of volcanoes that last erupted in 1971 and is the most volcanically active area in the Canary Islands. .
In 1971 a man lost his life while taking pictures of lava, but there was no material damage.
The last eruption of a volcano in the Canary archipelago took place in 2011, on the island of El Hierro and was underwater.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in La Palma last Sunday night to talk to the local government about managing the volcano eruption.
“We have all the resources and human resources, the citizens can sleep peacefully,” he stressed.
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