the cone collapsed and the lava flow increased

“We don’t know when we are, it doesn’t look like we’re near the end,” said Canary Islands regional government president Angel Víctor Torres. Volcanologist Vicente Soler explained that “all the geophysical and geochemical indicators are that activity continues at a cruising rate, as the eruption matures. There is nothing to prelude that it is in decline. “.

The preferential conduit is accompanied by “some lava tunnels” and it is “almost the best thing that can happen to us, because a large amount of material goes directly to the sea without invading new lands”, he added. .

According to information from the Ministry of Internal Security, lava from the volcano already affects 400 hectares and the marine delta formed in its fall into the sea occupies nearly 30 of them. Scientific vessels monitor this delta to measure the levels of CO2 and hydrochloric acid in the region.

1,748 tonnes of CO2 per day were recorded. The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on September 19 and has already destroyed a thousand buildings.

There are also 37 kilometers of damaged roads and up to 4,800 hectares affected by the ash deposit. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who visited La Palma again yesterday, announced a new package of aid to the island worth 206 million euros, in addition to the first 40 million approved by the last week.

During the last hours, the explosiveness has increased and it is not excluded that a new mouth will be opened after yesterday the side wall which was dragging the blocks of the cone has collapsed.

The ground has not stopped shaking and in the last few hours more than 30 earthquakes have been recorded, including a dozen exceeding magnitude 3. The width of the lava flow has reached 1,250 meters in some sections.

The column of gas and ash emitted by the volcano reaches three kilometers and reaches heights of up to five kilometers.