![]() ![]() ![]() “We call on people to exercise extreme caution and to stay away from the eruption area in order to avoid unnecessary risks,” the local government tweeted on Sunday. People with disabilities had already been evacuated from certain areas around the volcano and hiking trails and pathways had been closed off as a precaution. The highest magnitude registered was an earthquake of 4.2 on the Richter Scale on Sunday. The island was on alert for a possible volcanic eruption after several earthquakes were felt over the weekend.Įarlier in the day, the volcanology institute wrote in a statement on Facebook that more than 25,000 earthquakes had been detected in the past nine days around the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Torres tweeted that he would be at the Head Committee for Civil Protection and Attention for Volcanic Risk Emergencies to assess the situation in the afternoon. It is a landscape dominated by black and yellow” said volcanologist David Calvo, INVOLCAN’s spokesperson.A river of lava flowing from the volcano approaches houses on Sunday. “The entire area is littered with volcanic bombs and pine trees shattered by the violence of the eruption. Many of them show degassing and glowing lava can still be seen, temperatures can sometimes reach 800 degrees celsius. Vulcanologists are working every day on the new craters to conduct research and surveillance, it’s “our second home” says David Calvo to 9to5 “we know almost every meter of it”. Cumbre Vieja’s main dome, Photo Copyright: INVOLCAN. “This will improve our understanding of these volcanoes, and facilitate the interpretation of future indicators of volcanic unrest” said Andreas Klügel to 9to5. German Petrologist Andreas Klügel is studying the samples, these will provide means to answer at what depth the magma was stored and what process occurred from its rising to the surface. The eruption event was the first on the islands to be fully monitored with modern instruments. Andreas Klügel, Petrologist at the University of Bremen.Īlong the surveillance work scientists were also studying the volcano, collecting data and rock samples of the lava. This is an unprecedented opportunity to test and to improve models of magma storage, ascent, and movement. To this day only one person has died, after the roof he was sweeping the ash off collapsed because of weight. ![]() ![]() When the eruption began, authorities were prepared and safely evacuated thousands of residents and no deaths or injuries directly affected by the eruption were reported. Without scientist’s constant surveillance the death toll could have been much worse. Vulcanologists near Cumbre Vieja’s main crater, Photo Copyright: INVOLCAN. Some days before the eruption a seismic swarm occurred and “the earthquakes began to show a clear progression to the surface and the deformation showed clear signs that an eruption was possible in the short term” said David (INVOLCAN) to 9to5. Authorities were informed so that they could have a clear vision of what was happening deep in the volcano. Years ago, scientists from the INVOLCAN and the National Geographical institute (IGN) had picked up anomalous signals of magma rising to the surface from deep. Canary island’s volcanological institute (INVOLCAN) spokesperson and volcanologist David Calvo said to 9to5. La Palma’s wines have a peculiar taste and and last year the brand “ Cumbre Vieja“, the volcano’s name, sold out quickly as the eruption began last September, as Reuters reported, yet without new water irrigation networks the island’s jewel is at risk of disappearing.Ī post shared by Kike Rincón and monitoring have been essential so that the authorities could order preventive measures before the start of the eruption. “We don’t expect to start seeing recovery until the middle of next year, it takes about a year for bananas to bear fruit again” said Europlatano’s spokesperson to 9to5.Īfter a severe drought, the ash-fall has left the southern vineyards in a state of agony too. Europlatano’s spokesperson said it was “the worst months in the history of the sector, we saw every day how it was destroying not only the homes of friends and colleagues, but also our livelihood”.Īll efforts are directed to restoring the surviving crops, the greenhouses knocked down by the ash-fall are being removed and where possible the first replantings have begun. Many irrigations systems broke during the eruption and banana trees, the main cultivation in the area, need a large amount of water daily to grow fruits. Said a spokesperson for Europlatano, member of the banana farmers association (ASPROCAN).Īsh-fall has affected the entire island, fruit plantations and greenhouses have been severely damaged by it. A post shared by Emilio Morenatti the eruption began we have not stopped working to reduce the damage, all our 660 farmers on the island are affected to a greater or lesser extent by the volcano. ![]()
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