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Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain's Canary Islands
1 year, 1 month ago

Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain's Canary Islands

The Independent  

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2,000 evacuated in La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands; official says blaze ‘out of control’
1 year, 5 months ago

2,000 evacuated in La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands; official says blaze ‘out of control’

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — More than 2,000 people were evacuated as a wildfire rages “out of control” on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday, destroying around a dozen homes, authorities said. “The fire has spread very fast,” Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo said. The wildfire and evacuations come nearly two years after a three-month volcanic eruption caused devastation …

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El Hierro – the little-known Canary island powered by renewable energy
2 years, 5 months ago

El Hierro – the little-known Canary island powered by renewable energy

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery El Sabinar, a windswept juniper tree in La Dehesa, El Hierro But the island’s commitment to …

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Industry anger after Defence spends $90 million on second-hand vessel in Canary Islands
2 years, 8 months ago

Industry anger after Defence spends $90 million on second-hand vessel in Canary Islands

ABC  

Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands to purchase a large second-hand vessel for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia. Key points: Last month Defence confirmed a second-hand vessel had been bought for $US67 million The government originally announced the vessel would be built in Australia …

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Canary Islands: More than 400 migrants rescued in Atlantic
3 years, 1 month ago

Canary Islands: More than 400 migrants rescued in Atlantic

The Independent  

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La Palma Volcano Is Still Spewing Lava, Emitting Ash Clouds On Spain Island Week After Eruption | See Photos
3 years, 2 months ago

La Palma Volcano Is Still Spewing Lava, Emitting Ash Clouds On Spain Island Week After Eruption | See Photos

ABP News  

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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Volcano erupts on Spain’s La Palma island; eight houses destroyed, 5,000 people evacuated
3 years, 3 months ago

Volcano erupts on Spain’s La Palma island; eight houses destroyed, 5,000 people evacuated

Firstpost  

According to the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute the island saw its last eruption in 1971 Los Llanos de Aridane : A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands as lava flows destroyed isolated houses and threatened to reach the coast. Nobody knows how the …

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Canary Islands volcano spewing over 60 lakh kg sulfur dioxide in air per day
3 years, 3 months ago

Canary Islands volcano spewing over 60 lakh kg sulfur dioxide in air per day

India Today  

As the seismic swarms intensified on the Spanish Canary Island, the volcano in the Cumbre Vieja National Park erupted on Sunday shooting lava into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages. The lava was moving in two streams through a mostly unpopulated area, the Canary Islands government chief told SER radio. Itahiza Dominguez, head of seismology …

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Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes
3 years, 3 months ago

Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes

The Independent  

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Volcano erupts on Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean
3 years, 3 months ago

Volcano erupts on Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean

India Today  

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 mountain homes. Read | Spanish island records 4,200 tremors, goes on alert over possible volcanic eruption One black lava flow with a burning tip was sliding …

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Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes
3 years, 3 months ago

Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava threatens some homes

LA Times  

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, …

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52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain
3 years, 4 months ago

52 feared dead, 1 survivor, on migrant boat going to Spain

Associated Press  

LISBON, Portugal — A woman who was the only person pulled from a sinking dinghy in the Atlantic Ocean told her rescuers that the boat had left Africa a week earlier carrying 53 migrants, Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said Friday. A merchant ship spotted the inflatable dinghy on Thursday, 255 kilometers south of Spain’s Canary Islands, and alerted Spanish emergency …

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Girl dies during rescue of migrant boat off Canary Islands
3 years, 5 months ago

Girl dies during rescue of migrant boat off Canary Islands

Associated Press  

MADRID — A young girl died during a rescue operation to save migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands in a small boat, Spanish authorities said Wednesday. Emergency services for the Canary Islands said the girl suffered respiratory failure before the rescue helicopter carrying her and two adults could reach a hospital. The perilous sea route from western Africa to …

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In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration
3 years, 8 months ago

In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration

NPR  

In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain — In a sunlit courtyard, volunteers at a church soup kitchen are handing out lunch bags and cups of fruit juice. Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR Andrés Gutiérrez …

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Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain
3 years, 11 months ago

Boats emerge from Sahara sand to transport migrants to Spain

Associated Press  

DAKHLA, Western Sahara — Beneath a star-packed sky in the Sahara, smugglers and handymen unearth a boat buried in the sand, a made-to-order vessel for carrying migrants from the North African coast to Spain’s Canary Islands. From there, the boat is meant to take 20 to 30 migrants into the Atlantic Ocean and across what the European Union’s border agency …

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