Canary Islands Volcano

La Palma volcano eruptions shut airport, force more evacuations

Nearly 6,000 people have been displaced, and flights have been cancelled as the volcano entered a new explosive phase, Spanish authorities on the Canary island said.

Lava destroys dozens of Canary Island homes as volcano erupts

Mariano Hernandez Zapata, head of La Palma’s government, describes the area impacted as “desolate”, saying the lava was “on average about six metres high”.

Volcano erupts on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands

There had been more than 22,000 tremors this week in the Cumbre Vieja area, a chain of volcanoes that last had a major eruption in 1971 and is one of the most active volcanic regions in the Canaries.