{"id":11917,"date":"2021-10-13T09:38:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T09:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=11917"},"modified":"2021-10-13T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:53:54","slug":"la-palma-volcano-eruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/13\/la-palma-volcano-eruption\/","title":{"rendered":"La Palma volcano eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Palma volcano eruption<\/h2>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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La Palma’s volcanos spring back to life after 50 years<\/h3>\n

After half a century of dormancy, La Palma’s volcanos sprang back to life on 19 September 2021 when the the Cumbre Vieja volcano started to erupt. The eruption spewed ash, smoke and lava over the Atlantic island, one of the smallest and most westerly of the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n

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More than a thousand buildings destroyed<\/h3>\n

The lava flow cut a path of devastation on its way to the coast. in the process, it destroyed around 1,000 buildings, as well as banana plantations, roads and other infrastructure. Most of the island was blanketed in ash, from a plume that rose 3 kilometres into the atmosphere, posing a hazard to aircraft in the area.\u00a0 About 6,000 of La Palma’s 83,000 inhabitants were evacuated – mostly from the towns of El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane.<\/p>\n

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