Latest News News Menu More. Hay nuevos mensajes. La Palma volcano eruption: live updates. Watch live coverage from Cumbre Vieja. Cortefiel launch La Palma solidarity t-shirt The high street chain Cortefiel has launched a La Palma aid t-shirt with all money raised going to the island. Cumbre Viejo destruction One of the many houses caused by the lava flow from the Cumbre Vieja volcano which has now been active for more than 40 days and shows no sign of ceasing its activity according to experts on the Canary Island of La Palma.
Cumbre Vieja tourism The local La Palma police have implemented a series of patrols to avoid cars and volcano tourists from getting too close to the danger area with a deluge of tourists expected this weekend on the Canary Island. Lava onslaught: day No let-up from 'angry' Cumbre Vieja. Tourists flock to La Palma With this weekend being a long weekend with Monday being a holiday, all flights to La Palma are sold out with many flocking to the island to add their support and others anxious to see the Cumbre Vieja volcano at close quarters.
Grande-Marlaska to head to La Palma Spanish Minister for the Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska is set to travel to the stricken island of La Palma on Monday as the Spanish government maintain the tradition of sending high ranking official to to the island on a weekly basis. Run for La Palma A charity virtual race will take place in the final weekend of November for the stricken island with runners all around the world able to enter.
La Palma volcano update As of 2 p. Underground lava tunnels. Thermal view of La Palma This satellite thermal imagery from above La Palma shows the detailed zone in and around the Cumbre Vieja volcano. New mapping to reveal accurate volcanic emissions The volcanic eruption of Cumbre Vieja has become the most significant in the last five centuries on La Palma. La Palma on fire This image was taken by Carlos Lorenzo at the institute from the viewpoint at Jable.
Drone eye's view over Cumbre Vieja This latest footage from the Geology Institute provides clearer insight into the situation with the lava flows on La Palma.
Volcanic lava bombs You'll see from this clip one of the other dangers that comes from a situation like this: something that is known as a 'lava bomb'. You do not want to be standing below where it lands!
How long does it take for a volcano to cool? Volcanoes usually have a life of many thousands of years. Once a volcano has begun to erupt, it usually takes about ten years before that particular eruption comes to an end. Sometimes the eruption lasts for hundreds of years. How does a volcano build up the pressure to erupt? The magma molten rock which is erupted from a volcano comes from deep inside the earth — usually from about kilometers deep. The pressure there is enormous.
The pressure forces the magma to rise through the crust of solid rocks, creating a volcanic eruption. Do volcanoes spew ash or lava first? Volcanoes release ash at the beginning of an eruption because the amount of gas is very high and it drives the explosions. After that time, the lava may come out but it usually has very little energy, so it is not very dangerous. How can you tell if a volcanic eruption might occur? Volcanoes that are approaching an eruption will usually have unusual earthquakes and emit very different gases.
Some of the volcanoes even change shape — like the "bulge" of Mount St. Helens that moved toward Seattle at about four meters per day. Forecasting volcanoes is still very hard because we don't usually have the right measurements before it happens.
In Mexico in , we measured a really high release of sulfur dioxide, one of the volcanic gases, and warned the Mexican government of the possibility of an eruption. It finally erupted just before Christmas. The event was followed by a small series of low-energy explosions that generated ash plumes that rose m high and drifted N and NE.
Another small eruption was recorded on 7 November. Deformation data indicated minor changes. Low-temperature thermal anomalies were visible in satellite images during the previous week.
Gas-and-steam emissions were sometimes visible in satellite data and webcam images rising as high as 1. These emissions sometimes contained ash; during on 3 November an ash plume rose 1. The La Nubia airport temporarily suspended operations. The Alert Level remained at 3 Yellow; the second lowest level on a four-color scale.
Report for La Palma The eruption at La Palma continued during November, characterized by Strombolian explosions and lava fountaining from multiple vents, advancing and branching lava flows, and daily ash emissions. Volcanic tremor levels decreased around noon on 2 November and again during November, and remained at low levels through 9 November.
Most earthquakes were located km deep though some were as deep as 38 km ; dozens of events were felt by local residents and some were felt across the entire island.
At on 3 November a M 4. Two other notable earthquakes occurred consecutively; a M 4. Some of the larger earthquakes were felt across La Palma Island, as well as in some areas of La Gomera and Tenerife islands.
In general, decreases were observed in the levels of seismicity, tremor, deformation, and sulfur dioxide emissions, though by 9 November the data continued to fluctuate with no consistent trends. The vents in the main cone continued to effuse lava, eject tephra, sometimes producing dense billowing ash-and-gas plumes that rose 2.
Several vents in the main cone were active, though the activity levels varied in intensity throughout the week. Sulfur dioxide emissions fluctuated at high levels between 9, and 31, tons per day and showed an overall decrease. On 5 November photos showed sulfur deposits on the E flank on the main cone and in other areas near vents emitting volcanic gases.
Lava continued to flow west through pre-existing lava channels and tubes, over older flows, and occasionally formed new branches. Volcano expert explains Icelandic lava field 16 Aug 16 August Iceland earthquakes: Why so many are happening there at the moment 19 Mar 19 March Your Comments Join the conversation. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. U 4 May. Volcanoes are such weird machines, I reccomend everyone looks into the structure. I hope everyone is ok!
Madeline 18 Apr. I hope nobody was hurt or effected badly! ToffToffPomPom1 17 Apr. Volcanoes are so cool! It must be so amazing to see one erupt but extremely scary too!
I hope all of the people affected by volcanoes stay safe. TennisRacket 16 Apr. I mean a summer in England is quite hot, but a volcan must be very, very hot. Stay safe everyone in affected areas. Removed comment. Art Happy 16 Apr. Volcanos are just so awesome! To be honest, I actually miss learning about them- as they are on of the coolest things I've ever seen!
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