The northern slope of the volcano Cumbre Vieja on the Spanish island of La Palma collapsed at dawn this Saturday. creates three new lava flows, but two of them have already been stopped.
The fall of part of the cone spawned three new rivers of lava, explained Miguel ngel Morcuende, a spokesman for the technical committee of Spain’s National Institute of Geography (IGN), who urged the population to remain calm. According to an expert quoted by a Spanish newspaper Country, two lava flows have already stopped. IGN is looking for ways to stop the third party and understand its fate. The specialist notes that “there is still enough time” to remove populations if necessary.
Or Cumbre Vieja erupts since September 19 and has already destroyed more than 1200 buildings, including two schools, lava rivers have reached almost 480 hectares, including more than 150 hectares of agricultural land. About 6,000 people have already left their homes, and many roads have been closed. So far, no injuries or deaths have been recorded. The island’s banana plantation, which is the second largest in the Canary archipelago, has been badly damaged.
Seismicity in this area has increased slightly over the past few hours, albeit at a depth of more than 20 kilometers. According to IGN, 37 seismic events were recorded this Saturday – the most intense with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter scale.
