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La Palma: Volcanic activity intensifies – Lava rivers continue to flow

Rivers of lava flowed from the Kubre Vieha volcano causing explosions, which were visible in the dark sky, throughout the night on the Spanish island of La Palma, where the airport was closed, as the explosive activity intensified and entered its most intense phase to date.

Since last Sunday, when his explosion started volcano on the small Atlantic island of Kubre Vieha has erupted thousands of tons of lava, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced nearly 6,000 people to flee their homes.

Authorities said today that the 160 people who fled three cities yesterday will not be able to return to their homes to get their belongings due to the “Evolution of volcanic activity”.

Experts say that the volcano has entered a new explosive phase.

The management company of the airport of the island of Aena announced today that the airport was closed.

“La Palma airport is not working due to the accumulation of ash. Cleaning operations have started, but the situation may change at any time. “, he wrote on Twitter.

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