Baghdad – IA
The authorities of the Spanish Canary Islands announced that the torrent of lava flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which has been erupting for 10 days on the island of La Palma, reached the sea on Tuesday-Wednesday night, warning of the danger of emission . of toxic gases resulting from the meeting of molten lava with ocean water.
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The Institute of Volcanic Sciences in the Canary Islands, “Involcan,” said in a tweet on Twitter shortly after midnight (Tuesday, 22:00 GMT) that “the torrent of lava reached the sea in Playa Nueva.”
The Cumbre Vieja volcano began to erupt on September 19.
On Tuesday evening, the lava torrent was 800 meters from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, but the speed of this torrent’s progress has changed so much in the last few days that at some point it seemed to stop in effect, leaving that it was almost impossible. predict when the lava would hit the waters of the sea.
The meeting of volcanic lava with water raises the concern of experts because of the toxic gases and harmful particles that may be emitted when the molten lava extinguishes in the water.
For this reason, the local government in the archipelago issued a decision that prohibited entry to the area where the lava torrent is expected to reach, defining this prohibition zone as “a circle with a radius of two nautical miles.”
On Tuesday, the authorities announced an allocation of 10.5 million euros to provide direct assistance to the victims of the volcanic eruption, in particular to enable them to buy alternative housing for their homes, which they saw disappearing before their eyes Volcanic lava torrent.
The authorities have declared a state of natural disaster on this island, which has a population of 85,000 people. The volcanic eruption caused the destruction of 589 of its buildings (not all houses), and volcanic lava covered an area of 258 hectares. of land.
La Palma Island lives mainly from banana cultivation and tourism.
The volcanic eruption caused no deaths or injuries, but more than six thousand people had to evacuate their homes as a result.
2024-10-07 17:36:24