Lava from Spanish island volcano rolls slowly toward the sea

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Lava flows from a volcano connected the Canary land of La Palma, Spain successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday Sept. 28, 2021. A Spanish land volcano that has buried much than 500 buildings and displaced implicit 6,000 radical since past week lessened its enactment connected Monday, though scientists warned that it was excessively aboriginal to state the eruption signifier finished and authorities ordered residents to enactment indoors to debar the unhealthy fumes from lava gathering oversea waters. (AP Photo/Saul Santos)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 2:19 PM, Sep 28, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-28 15:19:54-04

LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — Lava flowing from a volcano successful Spain's Canary Islands has picked up its gait connected its mode to the sea.

But scientists accidental it's intolerable to estimation erstwhile the watercourse of molten stone would scope the Atlantic Ocean disconnected the land of La Palma, an lawsuit that could trigger explosions and the merchandise of toxic gas.

Authorities said the lava had moved to wrong 800 meters (875 yards) of the Atlantic Ocean arsenic of Tuesday morning, 9 days aft the volcano's eruption.

The National Geographic Institute detected six earthquakes successful the country of the eruption.

According to the Involcan, implicit 46 cardinal cubic meters of lava person erupted from the volcano and much than 6,000 citizens person been evacuated.

The Associated Press reported that determination person been nary reports of deaths oregon superior injuries.

No flights went successful oregon retired of La Palma's airdrome for a 4th time due to the fact that of a immense ash cloud.

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