Eruption of a volcano in the Canaries: respite or end of the lava flow?
Residents clean up the ashes in the streets of Santa Cruz de la Palma on Monday, September 27, 2021. AP - Saul Santos
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The Cumbre Vieja volcano, which erupted eight days ago on the Spanish island of La Palma, stopped spitting lava and ash on Monday, September 27.
But scientists urge caution.
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The activity (of the volcano) has significantly reduced in recent hours in La Palma,
" tweeted the Institute of Geosciences of Madrid, confirming AFP information.
Estamos muy vigilantes de la actividad del volcán de #LaPalma
No sabemos cómo va a evolucionar el sistema volcánico.
De momento the actividad has significantly reduced pic.twitter.com/qfvXLWjivt
- IGEO (CSIC-UCM) (@IGeociencias) September 27, 2021
The IGEO remains cautious, however: "
We must remain very attentive to its development, because the scenario can change very quickly
" he added.
"
We will see how it evolves in the next few hours
."
For the moment difficult to say, even for the Volcanological Institute of the Canaries (Involcan) if it is a respite or the end of the eruption.
On the spot, there would therefore be no more presence of glowing lava.
And the inhabitants are busy cleaning the streets full of ashes.
So far, the impressive images showed a corridor of orange lava expelled by the descending volcano and engulfing several hundred houses in their path.
During the night of September 26 to 27, the inhabitants of several districts of a town on the island were confined because of fears of the emanation of toxic gases that could cause the entry of lava into the sea.
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To read also: Spain: a hundred houses destroyed in the eruption of a volcano in the Canaries
The Cumbre Vieja volcano, erupted eight days ago.
Nearly 500 buildings were destroyed by the lava that covers more than 212 hectares, including many banana plantations, according to data from the European geospatial measurement system Copernicus.
However, there are no casualties.
The two previous eruptions in La Palma took place in 1971 and 1949.
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