No end in sight to La Palma eruption

LA PALMA: There’s no immediate end in sight to the volcanic eruption that has caused chaos on the Spanish isle since it began about a month ago, the president of the Canary Islands said yesterday.

There were 42 seismic movements on the island yesterday, the largest of which measured 4.3, according to the Spanish National Geographical Institute.

“There are no signs that an end of the eruption is imminent even though this is the greatest desire of everyone,” President Angel Víctor Torres said at a conference in Valencia, citing the view of scientists.

Streams of lava have laid waste to more than 742 hectares of land and destroyed almost 2,000 buildings on La Palma since the volcano started erupting on Sept 19.