The lava flow heading towards the west coast of La Palma has already destroyed around a hundred homes in the municipality of El Paso, according to the first calculations handled by the Cabildo and the City Council itself.
The authorities have evacuated some 5,000 people from the municipalities of El Paso, Los Llanos de Aridane and Tazacorte and, on scientific recommendation, an exclusion radius of 2 kilometers has been set around the emission centers to minimize the impact of pyroclasts and exposure to gases.
With the current information, two fissures of hundreds of meters in length have been observed, aligned in a north-south direction and separated from each other by about 200 meters, with several points of emission of sources of pyroclasts and lava flows. The surface temperature of the emitted lava reaches 1075ºC, the formation of a main cone is also confirmed, the column of volcanic ash reaches a height of 1,500 meters and the emitted gases reach 3,000 meters.
In addition, there is a decrease in seismicity although some low-magnitude earthquakes continue to be recorded and the occurrence of felt earthquakes is not yet ruled out, and deformations continue to be recorded, mainly in the area closest to the eruption, reaching an accumulated deformation of 19 centimeters.
The Cabildo reports on road closures
Regarding the state of the roads, the LP-212 road to Tacande is closed to traffic; LP-301, San Isidro-El Pilar road, from La Pavona to the junction with LP-3, El Paso; LP-2014, the Los Brecitos road and LP-105, Los Tilos.
In addition, it is recommended not to travel on the LP-2, between the crossroads of the Las Manchas wrestling field and El Sombrero, in Tajuya, as well as on the LP-213 and LP-212, which go up to Todoque and Las Manchas.
The La Palma trail network and forest tracks that run through the municipalities of Fuencaliente, El Paso, Los Llanos de Aridane and Villa de Mazo are also closed, as is the recreational area of the Refugio del Pilar and the Caños de Fuego Center and access to the Cueva de las Palomas.
The lava flow has already reached the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane and, according to scientific projections, is heading towards the coast of the municipality in a strip between Puerto Naos and La Bombilla.
