The Pigeon Express
Scientists declared the eruption on Spain’s La Palma officially over on Saturday, allowing islanders to breathe a sigh of relief nearly 100 days after the Cumbre Vieja volcano began to spew out lava, rock and ash and upended the lives of thousands. After bursting into action on September 19, the volcano suddenly went quiet on […]
The Spanish volcano of Cumbre Vieja on the Canary Island of La Palma fell silent as constant tremors stopped late on Monday. Experts have cautioned this does not necessarily mean the eruption is nearing an end after 85 days. Seismic activity all but stopped around 9:00 pm local time on Monday, the Canary Islands Volcanology […]
The Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma appeared to be more active on Friday, ejecting powerful jets of lava and sending a red-hot stream gushing down its slope.Scientists and members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) were on the scene yesterday afternoon, recording and taking measurements.Authorities reported another vent had emerged as volcanic activity showed […]
The lava flowing from the volcano on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma made new contact with the sea on Monday. The risk to residents of the gases that emanate from the water when the molten rock makes contact prompted the authorities to confine around 3,000 residents of the municipality of Tazacorte. The new […]
The Cumbre Vieja volcano eruptions on La Palma Island remain stable without significant changes in intensity.However, the explosive activity at the vents was stronger once again, producing ash plumes that rose to 8,000 ft altitude and drifting west over the ocean, while lava continues to flow towards the ocean.Sometimes, heat convection and winds create small […]
The body of a seventy-year-old man was found on Saturday in a house located in the exclusion perimeter of Los Llanos de Aridane, in La Palma.The incident occurred when the man was cleaning his home, affected by the accumulation of ash from the volcano, which erupted on September 19.Authorities are investigating the cause of his […]
Red-hot lava tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s La Palma, sending up plumes of white smoke and extending a platform of volcanic rock created by earlier flows.The stream of molten rock from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which began erupting in mid-September, reached the water near the popular surf spot of Los Guirres beach just […]
An Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shook the island of La Palma on Thursday morning, where a volcanic eruption has been underway for nearly two months.According to the National Geographic Institute the earthquake took place at 3.37am in Villa de Mazo and was recorded 37 kilometers deep.This was one of the strongest earthquakes registered on the […]
The Spanish Navy vessel Castilla docked in La Palma on the Canary Islands on Saturday. The vessel’s crew will help farmers gain access to their plots that have been cut off by the lava flow. While there, naval staff will transport the farmers- with the aid of landing craft- to their farms so they can […]
For the first time volcano experts have talked of positive signs on the island of La Palma.The Cumbre Vieja volcano has been erupting for over 45 days on La Palma in the Canary Islands. Scientists until now we’re concerned that the volcanic activity could continue for three months, but on Wednesday the island’s Volcanic Emergency […]
La Palma’s highest point where enormous telescopes dot the rocky landscape is using smart ways to fight volcano ash.The dust from the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish Canary Island can clog up machinery, scratch lenses and cause electrical interference at the state-of-the-art observatory, hampering scientific work.Most of the instruments are encased within huge […]
A volcano in the Canary Islands that has been erupting for six weeks, has spewed a large amount of ash over the island of La Palma.Since the eruption began on 19 September, lava flows from the mouth of the volcano have covered 2,400 acres of land on the island, according to data from the European […]