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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.

La Palma erupts

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The predicted eruption on the Canary Island of La Palma finally occurred at 3.30 pm yesterday afternoon. No one has been hurt; everyone who could be affected has been evacuated and there is absolutely no danger for anyone on any of the other islands.

UK travel rules relaxed

The UK’s travel rules will be cheaper and easier from the 4th of October after the UK government’s recent revision of its travel rules.

Lanzarote Airport on the rise

The César Manrique airport recorded 68.9% more passengers in August than it did in 2020.

Lanzarote remains in Level 1

The Canarian Government decided that all islands will remain on their current levels; except for Tenerife which drops to Level 2.