In addition to the volcanic eruption on La Palma, a tornado of ash forms at the foot of the volcano. Earthquakes ensure that volcanic activity increases again.
Update from Sunday, 11/21/21, 2:27 p.m.: Ash clouds and ash rains on the island of La Palma have resulted in flight operations at the airport on the Canary Island being discontinued. When operations can resume depends on the ashes that are currently being ejected from the Cumbre Vieja, said an Aena spokesman when asked by the AFP news agency. The airports of the other Canary Islands are currently not affected by the closure.
The volcano that erupted two months ago on the Canary Island of La Palma has so far caused damage totaling up to 700 million euros, according to official estimates. “But we are still in the middle of it (in the disaster)”, the Canarian Prime Minister Ángel Víctor Torres was quoted in the newspaper El País on Friday.
The damage was increasing from minute to minute, it was said. The island in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, which belongs to Spain, has almost 85,000 inhabitants. Since the volcano erupted on September 19, the lava, which can be up to 1,300 degrees Celsius, has destroyed more than 2,600 buildings, according to a recent assessment by the European Earth observation system Copernicus.
Volcanic eruption on La Palma: 300 earthquakes a day shake the island
Update from Friday, 11/19/2021, 11:44 a.m.: More than 300 earthquakes shook the Canary Island of La Palma within 24 hours on Wednesday (11/17/2021), reports the Spanish media. The volcanic eruption on La Palma has been going on for two months – there is currently no end in sight. Due to the earthquake, the volcanic activity of the Cumbre Vieja increased further on Thursday (November 18, 2021) and on Friday night (November 19, 2021).
The earthquakes on La Palma do not break off on Friday either. A quake with a magnitude of 5.1 was reported in the morning, reports the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN). The volcanic eruption is the longest eruption on the Atlantic island off the west coast of Africa for more than 340 years.
More than 2,600 buildings have so far been destroyed or damaged, reports the Tagesspiegel. In addition to lava flows and ash clouds, a tornado had recently formed at the foot of the volcano.
Volcanic eruption on La Palma: In addition to lava flows and ash clouds – a tornado is formed
First message from Tuesday, 11/16/2021, 3:28 p.m .: La Palma – Spectacular pictures and a great risk for people – the volcanic eruption on La Palma never ends. Now a new phenomenon appeared on Monday (November 15, 2021) alongside lava flows and ash clouds: A tornado formed at the foot of the volcano.
The formation of the ash tornado is due to the high temperatures generated by the lava around the volcano and the changing weather conditions, reports El Time. The spectacle was captured on video. El Time published one of the videos on Twitter.
The volcano creates a small TORNADO at the base of its cone, visible from miles away. The high temperatures generated by the lava and the changing meteorology have led to the creation of this ash and dust tornado in the Las Manchas area. #VolcandeLaPalma pic.twitter.com/tSLlgMU28E
– El Time (@ElTimeLaPalma) November 15, 2021
On Sunday, 19.09.2021, the volcano Cumbre Vieja erupted on the Canary Island of La Palma. Since then, he has been a major threat to residents and visitors to the island for weeks. A first death was also recently known. A 72-year-old was found on Saturday (November 13th, 2021) in his house in the restricted area in the south of the island, reported the state TV broadcaster RTVE.
Volcano on La Palma: a spectacle of great beauty and danger
So far, nobody has been killed by the volcanic eruption that has been going on for almost two months. However, the lava flows of the Cumbre Vieja have already devastated more than 1000 hectares of land and destroyed thousands of buildings. The people of La Palma are at the mercy of the raging volcano.
According to the report from El Time, the airport operator on La Palma Aena did not plan to stop operations. However, four flights were canceled in the morning because of the ash clouds. A total of 30 flights are scheduled for today. The volcanic quake remains more or less stable, reports volcanodiscovery.com. It remains as high as in the past seven days. Although the eruption was slowing down very slowly, there was no evidence from the data that the eruption was nearing its end. (n / A)
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