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New shopping centre to open in autumn 2022

Arrecife's Councillor in charge of Commerce, Armando Santana, has announced that the new shopping centre in Arrecife will be ready to open by autumn next year.

“We are volcano”

Canarians were glued to their televisions last night as lava from the volcano in La Palma finally reached the sea at 11.03 pm, cascading off a 100-metre cliff overlooking the Playa de la Guirre; sending up plumes of black smoke and white steam and forming a pyramid-shaped mound that continues to grow and will reshape the island permanently.

Tourism shows huge improvement

Lanzarote's officially registered tourist accommodation saw occupation levels of over 60% in August – a total of 170,480 tourists that constituted an increase of 21% on the previous month of July, and 19% more than in August of 2020.

Cumbre Vieja lava to reach the coast “imminently”.

The nighborhoods of San Borondón, Marina Alta, Marina Baja and La Condesa have all been locked down given the possibility of the lava reaching the sea.

La Palma eruption: one week later

One week after the volcano in La Palma started to erupt, there is still no sign that its activity will stop any time soon. Meanwhile, the damage and cost of the eruption mounts.

Volcano enters new explosive phase

Flights to La Palma and Tenerife North airports have been suspended because of ash from the volcano at Cumbre Vieja, which has now entered a more violent and explosive phase than before. At the moment, only flights to and from La Palma are affected.

Level 1 remains, despite rise in cases

Lanzarote remained on Level 1 (Low Risk) status yesterday, despite a slight rise in recent Covid cases which has raised many of the island’s indicators to Level 2 (Medium Risk).

Unstoppable destruction

The volcano on Cumbre Vieja in La Palma has entered an explosive phase and continues to emit lava, although experts are still uncertain as to whether the flow will reach the sea.

“There should be no eruptions on Lanzarote”

The head of Lanzarote’s Geoparque has said “there shouldn’t be eruptions on Lanzarote,” but added that she wouldn’t go so far as to predict that they won’t happen.

New vent opens on La Palma

As lava from the original fissures and vents of the La Palma volcano slowed down on its passage to the sea yesterday, another vent of lava opened up near the village of Tacande, in the municipality of El Paso. This development led to more evacuations in surrounding areas last night.