It has been a week since the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma began erupting on September 19. La Palma is one of the eight volcanic islands in Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago off Africa’s western coast. The could be still seen spewing lava and emitting ash clouds as people used umbrellas to protect themselves from …
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Smoke rises at the Cumbre Viegja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain, on Sunday. A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava flows crept toward isolated homes on the mountain. Mariano Hernández, …