The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma has increased its explosiveness, destroying some 240 hectares of land in a perimeter that is close to 16 kilometers, according to data provided by the Department of National Security (DSN). At around 2:00 pm, a new source of emission was opened that added to the two mouths on Friday and later the cone of the volcano was broken, causing a “huge pouring” to head towards the sea.
The technical director of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Care for Volcanic Risk (PEVOLCA), Miguel Ángel Morcuende, has appeared to update the situation of the volcano and has assured that “although yesterday we had a phenomenon of irritability, the volcano follows the canons We are not dealing with an excessively explosive volcano, we are dealing with a typical Canarian volcano “. Morcuende has said that it is expected that the lava flow will cool down and if the evolution continues without new peaks and there are guarantees, the return of the 160 evicted from the houses of Tajuya and Tacande de Arriba y de Abajo will be allowed again. “The air quality is good. There is a permanent monitoring of this matter and the public must be calm in this regard. There is no possibility of acid rain,” he concluded. At the moment eThe volcano continues in this explosive phase, expelling lava and the magma continues to advance. Right now it is already two kilometers from reaching the sea and it is not even ruled out that it may reach the coast soon.
The European terrestrial observation system Copernicus estimates in its latest update that the area covered by lava on La Palma is 212.1 hectares, and 496 buildings have been affected, of which 461 are destroyed. This measurement, carried out at 06:50 this Saturday, also indicates that 17.5 kilometers of roads are affected by the emanation of lava and 16.9 kilometers are destroyed. With respect to the previous Copernicus measurement, carried out on September 23 at 8:44 p.m., the lava has covered an additional 21.4 hectares and has destroyed 41 houses and 1.7 kilometers of roads.
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