by Alfons LUNA TAZACORTE, Spain (AFP) — Fleeing their home after the La Palma volcano erupted on September 19, one couple married nearly 60 years decided to seek safe haven aboard their tiny boat until the storm passed. When the evacuation order came, neither Margaretha Straates, 80, nor her 90-year-old husband Luis Rodriguez Diaz fancied the idea of staying in temporary accommodation. “It suddenly came to me, why don’t we try the boat? It’s only […]
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Canaries volcano lava reaches sea, raising toxic gas fears
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Lava from the erupting volcano on La Palma reached the ocean on Tuesday night, the Canary Islands Volcanic Institute (Involcan) said, raising the fear of toxic gases being released. “The lava flow has reached the sea at Playa Nueva,” Involcan said on its Twitter account. The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on 19 September. © Agence France-Presse
Lava engulfs 100 homes as Canary Islands volcano erupts
by Desiree Martin LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AFP) — A surge of lava destroyed around 100 homes on Spain’s Canary Islands a day after a volcano erupted, forcing 5,500 people to leave the area, local authorities said on Monday. The Cumbre Vieja erupted on Sunday afternoon, sending vast plumes of thick black smoke into the sky and belching molten lava that oozed down the mountainside on the island of La Palma. “We haven’t had any […]
Algae blooms irk Canaries beachgoers
TENERIFE, Spain (AFP) — Microalgae blooms proliferating in hot weather in Spain’s Canary Islands are irritating beachgoers, who should avoid direct contact with them, local authorities said Monday. Tenerife in particular is awash with visitors at this time of year but some of those having an Atlantic dip have come out scratching themselves after brushing up against the tiny algae. The spreading algae have produced a greenish brown hue in the waters off some beaches […]
