Headlines
– Cumbre Vieja rated at alert level 3
– First V-VI intensity earthquake recorded on La Palma
– New district with space for 543 houses proposed
– Cumbre Vieja eruption has been active for two months, having started on 19 September
– Tremors spike on Thursday, with over 300 recorded in 24 hours
– Largest earthquake since eruption began – magnitude 5.1 – registered on Friday morning
– Volunteer worker killed in exclusion zone while cleaning volcanic ash
– Surface area of lava flow now covers over 1,050 hectares
– More than 2,600 buildings have been damaged by the lava flow
– Delta formed in Atlantic Ocean by lava flows now covers over 40 hectares
– Around 7,000 of the island’s 85,000 residents have been evacuated
Useful information
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