Eruption on La Palma has destroyed hundreds of homes, but one escaped the devastation all around
Like a cartoon house with its own raincloud, a Canary Islands home has survived rivers of lava flowing from the
“We all started crying like crazy when I told them [the owners] that their beloved house was intact,” Monnikendam toldThe house is in El Paraíso, where more than half of homes and the local school have been destroyed. One giant river of lava 600 metres wide slowed to a speed of four metres an hour after reaching a plain on Wednesday, officials said. On Monday, a day after the eruption on La Palma, it was moving at 700 metres an hour.
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