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Explosions and lava flows during a volcanic eruption on La Palma
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The volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma continues to spew lava. In addition, there are always explosions because, according to experts, the outbreak has now entered a new phase that is considered highly explosive. The airport of the holiday island was closed, as the operator Aena announced on Saturday. Because of the large amount of ash, the airport is not in operation, the company tweeted. Cleaning teams are in action, but the situation could change again at any time. Long queues formed in front of the ferries on Sunday. “I’m going to Barcelona. And because there is no plane, we take the ferry and go to Los Cristianos Island. From there we can fly to Barcelona.” “I’m sad because people have such a bad time here. We didn’t enjoy the holiday as we wanted it to.” The emergency services said on Friday that the measurements since the beginning of the outbreak had recorded the most violent activity to date in the afternoon. Other villages had been evacuated because of the increasing eruptions, the fire brigade had to interrupt their clean-up work in the city of Todoque and airlines had canceled flights. Since the eruption began last Sunday, the Cumbre Vieja volcano has ejected several thousand tons of lava, hundreds of houses have been destroyed and 6,000 people have been brought to safety. So far there have been no deaths or serious injuries.
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The rescue services said on Friday that the measurements since the beginning of the outbreak had recorded the most violent activity to date on Saturday.
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