La Palma – Desperate residents a month after the eruption: “Who are we to fight against nature?”

It’s been a month since Kubre Vieha volcano erupts on Spanish island of La Palma, releasing lava and ash and residents continue to count their wounds. Tired and desperate they declare that they can not put up with nature and are anxious for their future.

Culberta Cruth, her husband and their dog live in a small caravan in a parking lot and do not see their ordeal ending quickly.

«I’m tired, so tired… who are we to fight against nature? ” wonders the 56-year-old woman who works in the hospital catering services. She and her husband, Tano Gondhaleth, a banana grower, have been living in a small caravan for a month now, constantly wiping volcanic ash from their vehicle.

“One day it explodes here, the next day an opening is created there, it’s just despair, we live in fear, we wait and pray for the explosion to stop,” Kruth was quoted as saying by the Athens News Agency. very sad for those who lost their homes. “

Nearly 8,000 acres of land were destroyed and more than 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes

Lava rivers have destroyed nearly 8,000 acres of land, about 2,000 buildings and many banana crops since the volcano erupted on September 19th. More than 6,000 people they were forced to leave their homes.

Volcanologists say they can not predict how much more molten magma will gush from the volcano.

After being instructed to move, Cruth and Gonthaleth first stayed at a relative’s farm and then drove their caravan to a parking lot where they could have water and electricity. Now they are looking to rent a pet-friendly apartment.

«We do not know when it will stop, that is the problem. This is nature and we have to make a decision, it is stronger than us “, said Gonthaleth.

“The future is to try to move what we had and wait for it to end, and then go back to the lives we had before, even though it will be more difficult.”