More destruction feared in Spain’s La Palma as lava flows from new volcano vent

Lava flowed from a newly opened crack within the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma on Friday, carving a special path from earlier flows and elevating fears of extra destruction, whereas positive ash pressured islanders to don masks and goggles.

A river of red-hot lava snaked downhill from the brand new fissure, which burst open late on Thursday round 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the north of the first eruption website.Multiple vents have opened for the reason that volcano started erupting on September 19 however the Canaries Volcanology Institute described the newest opening as a brand new “focus of eruption”.READ: Lava from La Palma volcano eruption reaches ocean, elevating poisonous gasoline fears”There is concern about the path of this new flow towards the sea, although it is expected to join up with the previous one within the next few hours,” stated the top of La Palma’s council, Mariano Hernandez Zapata.He stated extra homes had been engulfed by lava in a single day.”We have more drama ahead, more people to take care of,” he informed a information convention.About 6,000 individuals have been evacuated for the reason that eruption started and are but to return house. More than 800 buildings together with homes, church buildings and faculties have been destroyed.The volcano has thrown out 80 million cubic metres of molten rock, regional chief Angel Victor Torres stated, doubling the quantity expelled throughout La Palma’s final main eruption 50 years in the past in half the time.Residents of Los Llanos de Aridane, one of many worst affected cities, have taken to carrying umbrellas and sporting eye safety as a precaution in opposition to the volcanic mud blanketing the streets and floating within the air.”Last night the ash was irritating my eyes a lot, I had to use eye drops and my skin was stinging,” stated Matilde Gonzalez Tavarez, a 45-year-old nursing assistant visiting her mom at a care house in Los Llanos.”It’s helplessness, fear, insecurity. You don’t know what’s going to happen,” she stated, whereas avenue cleaners brushed away the carpet of black ash behind her.Juan Antonio Perez Gonzalez, 56, who runs a floristry enterprise within the city, fears the worst is but to come back.”I can’t put a good face on it or give you good news because this is a calamity,” he informed Reuters. He stated most of the townspeople have been getting ready to pack up and depart.ALSO READ: Lava from Spanish island volcano quickens tempo towards seaALSO READ: Ash cloud shuts Spain’s La Palma airport as new volcanic vent emerges | See pics