Guwahati News Desk: During the early hours on Wednesday, lava from a volcano reached the sea on the Canary island of La Palma in Spain.
The lava erupted from a volcano on Spain’s Canary Islands, that further reached the sea after 10 days of wiping out hundreds of homes and causing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Meanwhile, the area had been evacuated for several days as authorities waited for the lava to traverse the 6.5 kilometers to the water.
In addition, its erratic flows and changes in the terrain had slowed its progress.
Moreover, the authorities also established a security perimeter of 3.5 kilometers and urges residents in the wider area to remain indoors with windows shut to avoid breathing in gases.
According to sources, the lava began to flow from the September 19 onwards, as the eruption on La Palma have destroyed at least 589 buildings, mostly homes on the island’s southwestern side that were caught on a slope below the volcano.
However, no deaths or serious injuries have been reported, thanks to the prompt evacuations of over 6,000 people in the first hours after last week’s eruption.
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