The eruption of the volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma also unsettles people in this country. A sulfur gas cloud reaches Germany.
Offenbach – After the volcanic eruption on La Palma, reports about the movement of clouds enriched with toxic substances led to numerous calls from concerned people to the German Weather Service.
"The phone wires have been running hot since six in the morning," said a spokesman. In fact, quite high concentrations of sulfur dioxide, for example, are measured in the atmosphere.
At measuring stations close to the ground, however, there is “next to nothing”. In the atmosphere there will be a "chemical cleaning", in the case of precipitation the rain could be "a little more acidic" than usual, it said. In view of the temporary phenomenon, this does not mean any increased risk to the environment. "20 or 30 years ago we still had such pH values regularly." Dpa
