The technical director of Pevolca, Miguel Ángel Morcuende, affirmed this Wednesday that the Cumbre Vieja volcano has entered a zone of “mini stability” and although it is “quite explosive”, the lava flows have slowed down and are advancing very slowly Hence, it has not made any predictions as to whether it eventually reaches the sea.
In a press conference held after the meeting of the plan’s steering committee, he commented that the volcano has nine emission centers, four of them active and a single fissure, despite the fact that at first there were two.
He has commented that the volcano continues to “release lava” and the lava flows “slowly” due to the increase in viscosity and the “filling” that it is making of certain natural holes that are covered as it passes.
“The mathematical prediction we have is that it will continue to advance, but we do not know if it will reach the sea. We will have time to be vigilant if this event occurs because progress is very slow,” he said, although he specified It is not ruled out that the explosive episodes of the last few days may be resumed.
Thus, he commented that despite this explosiveness, the deformation of the island “has not grown”, since it stands at 28 centimeters, 24 of which occurred in six 6 days.
Morcuende has also commented that the sulfur dioxide measurements “are not dangerous to health” and the gas plume is at the highest point, around 1,000 meters.
He insisted that the volcano is being monitored at all times by scientists and with the support of the institutions and asked for the collaboration of citizens so that they do not approach the exclusion zones because they are very dangerous.
“The best way to see the volcano is on television, so that citizens are not one more danger and do not approach or collapse the roads,” he said, underlining that exposure can cause personal damage to the eyes and lungs.
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