A fjaja, formed as a result of falling into the sea of lava erupted by the volcano Cumbre Vieja, continues to grow and already occupies more than 40 hectares and threatens to collapseThis is reported by the Spanish National Security Department.
The volcano took effect on 19 September and the magma flow reached the sea in the Tazacorte area around midnight on Tuesday 28 September and activity has now increased again.
Contact of lava with temperatures over a thousand degrees Celsius and seawater with a temperature of about 20 degrees caused a cloud of acid gases, which forced them to restrict nearby populations, and immediately began to form a peninsula, extending the territory. islands.
A pile of lava gave birth to what is called fajã, name given to the flat peninsulas created in the Macaronesian islands (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde) with lava entering the sea.
La Palma has two famous fahanas, French and Barlavento, but there is another terrain superimposed on the sea the eruption of the volcano San Juan in 1949, which has become a fertile field for growing banana trees.
The last known eruption before the current one was the eruption Volcano Tenegia in 1971, which lasted 24 days and captured from the sea an area of two square kilometers, known today as Ecentiv Beach.
Cumbre Vieja Fadjan is still in service and unstable… According to experts, it has already crossed the shelf of the island, and since the lava is still flowing, it sinks deeper and deeper, and this threatens to destroy the delta front, which, if this happens, could cause a sharp cloud of toxic and hydromagmatic explosions, authorities warn.
Growing peninsula is already at a distance of more than 500 meters from the coastline and at a depth of 30 meters…
O the land increased to an island, oddly enough, is the property of the Spanish state.that are part of the national geological heritage and therefore fall under the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Act.
The total surface affected by magma on the island of Palma, Canary Islands already exceeds 471 hectares, a perimeter of 36 kilometers and a maximum width of 1250 meters., including 120 hectares of sown area, mainly banana trees.
Latest loss data points to at least 726 buildings destroyed by lava and 128 partially damaged… More than 33 km of roads were damaged, including 26.47 km completely covered with lava.…
Copernicus European satellite service estimates over 4,800 hectares of volcanic ash…
The volcano continues to erupt large amounts of lava, and given the current seismic activity recorded at Cumbre Vieja, more than 100 small earthquakes in 24 hours, experts admit that new outlets of magma may appear.
The main cone has given way, and this has increased the ejected lava, which appears to be more fluid and raises concerns about changing the course of existing flows, experts warn.
