La Palma volcano: Explosions shoot lava into air as eruption continues

Credit: Exclusive Video Courtesy Of TV Canarias

The Cumbre Vieja volcano was seen on Monday shooting up a big cloud of black smoke after a relatively calm morning. The reactivation of the volcano took place at around 11:00 local time. Huge explosions were then seen later in the evening, with red hot lava shooting into the air and streaming down the flank near evacuated buildings.

Authorities are preparing coastal areas where the superheated lava flow is expected to hit the Atlantic Ocean, likely triggering clouds of toxic gas and explosions.

Since the volcano started erupting on Sept. 19, the flow of black lava has engulfed more than 230 hectares, the European Union satellite monitoring service Copernicus said, swallowing hundreds of houses as well as roads, schools, churches and banana plantations and forcing thousands to evacuate.

No fatalities or serious injuries have been reported since the volcano's eruption, but about 15% of the island's banana crop could be at risk, jeopardizing thousands of jobs.

La Palma, with a population of over 83,000, is one of an archipelago making up the Canary Islands

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