La Palma volcano: it broke its cone and there are 3 emission points – News

Lava emitted by the Spanish volcano of Cumbre Vieja, on La Palma, slowed its speed in the last hours of this Saturday after the collapse of the upper part of the volcanic cone, as three simultaneous emission points formed. There are approximately 1,650 buildings in the risk area.

According to the director of the National Institute of Geography (IGN) of the Canary Islands, María José Blanco, The two emission points appeared this Friday at the base of the cone have merged into a single mouth, to which must be added another emission point, as well as two active lava flows, the oldest being almost at a standstill .

The Canary Islands Volcanological Institute reported this Saturday that a new emission source was opened further west of the main source.

Since the onset of the eruption, the Lava has covered more than 200 hectares in La Palma, destroying 570 buildings to date, in addition to 15.2 kilometers of roads.

The eruption, which started on the island last Sunday, generated the expulsion of more than 6,000 people, neither dead nor injured.

From the story of Twitter del diario El País, las rutas se llenaron de turistas que pagaron hasta 500 euros por un vuelo, pero the local inhabitants están molestos ya que “ahora no es el momento del turismo para La Palma, es el momento de ayudar, y esta gente no he does it”.

Previously, Miguel Ángel Morcuende, technical director of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Attention to Emergency Situations Due to Volcanic Risk (Pevolca), had assured that “although yesterday we had a phenomenon of irritability, it was ie a significant increase in the energy of the eruption, it must be said that it follows the usual guns, we are not confronted with a more explosive phenomenon than those usual in the Canary Islands “.

Morcuende also denied that “acid rain” could occur as a result of the volcano eruption. “There is no chance of acid rain, the air quality is very good”, he insisted during a press conference at the end of a meeting held this morning between the scientific committee and the steering committee of the special plan for civil protection and attention to emergencies due to volcanic risk in the Canary Islands.

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For its part, the Volcanic Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan), assured that “in recent hours, the amplitude of the volcanic tremor has considerably decreased in all the stations of the Canary Islands seismic network in La Palma. We recall that the volcanic tremor is linked with the intensity of the strombolian explosive activity “.

However, the government of the Canary Islands has indicated that yesterday’s evacuees will continue to be unable to return home. These are the inhabitants of Tajuya, Tacande de Abajo and Tacande de Arriba, who will remain evacuated “as a preventive measure, until the situation is assessed and they can have the guarantees of safe rehousing” .

The government said most of the evacuees are “mostly in the homes of family and friends and only 16 are staying at the Hotel Fuencaliente”.

In addition, the local authorities published on their Twitter account the precautions to be taken when cleaning the ashes that cover the houses and recommended to be particularly careful when climbing on the roofs because they are particularly slippery. They also advised not to dry clean and pre-spray with water, in addition to using FFP2 masks and goggles.

Cleaning tasks have also started at La Palma airport, although flights to and from the island remain suspended.

“La Palma airport is inoperative due to the accumulation of ash. The cleaning tasks have started, but the situation may change at any time”, Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA).

Authorities in the Canary Islands are trying to bring peace to the population after the volcano’s activity increased last night, multiplying explosions and opening two new lava vents.

According to the last part published by the National Geographical Institute, “the amplitude of the volcanic tremor reached the highest values ​​of the eruption during the last 24 hours, during the most explosive phase”.

However, they pointed out that after opening a new mouth, “the average amplitude has decreased considerably but remains at high values ​​similar to those of the previous days, although without detection of explosions”.