Spewing violent red plumes topped with dark smoke clouds, a volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma has erupted after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity. Residents have been evacuated as lava flows threatened to reach the coast.
A 4.2-magnitude quake was recorded before the eruption, which took place in an area known as Cabeza de Vaca on the western slope as the ridge descends to the coast. As the eruptions continued, at least two open mouths belched bright red magma into the air that then flowed in tight streams down the mountain slope.
Carlota Martín was at an agricultural plot her family has in Todoque, just downhill from the eruption site, when she heard a huge explosion. “People should not come near the eruption site where the lava is flowing,” Hernández said. “We are having serious problems with the evacuation because the roads are jammed with people who are trying to get close enough to see it.”
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