Absolute beauty
The 19th of September on the Island of La Palma started an eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge.The longest eruption (86 days) in the history of the island, and the most destructive in the last century in Europe, was finally declared over by experts on Christmas Day.
Lava flows from the new volcano have destroyed 1,646 buildings – 1,318 of which were homes – as well as 73 kilometers of roads and 369 hectares of crops. The advance of the molten rock, which has covered 1,221 hectares of land, forced the evacuation of more than 7,000 people. Among these, some 2,300 residents of La Palma have lost their homes.
What is left over is a cone with all kinds of colors, hard to believe all the damage and suffering it provoked.
Absolute beauty
The 19th of September on the Island of La Palma started an eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge.The longest eruption (86 days) in the history of the island, and the most destructive in the last century in Europe, was finally declared over by experts on Christmas Day.
Lava flows from the new volcano have destroyed 1,646 buildings – 1,318 of which were homes – as well as 73 kilometers of roads and 369 hectares of crops. The advance of the molten rock, which has covered 1,221 hectares of land, forced the evacuation of more than 7,000 people. Among these, some 2,300 residents of La Palma have lost their homes.
What is left over is a cone with all kinds of colors, hard to believe all the damage and suffering it provoked.