Lava shoots into the sky as La Palma volcano keeps thousands from homes

Streams of black lava have advanced slowly westward since Sunday, incinerating everything in their path, including houses, schools and the banana plantations that produce the island's biggest export.

A plume of smoke rises following the eruption of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at El Paso, on the Canary Island of La Palma

A plume of smoke rises following the eruption of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at El Paso, on the Canary Island of La Palma

(photo credit: Borja Suarez/Reuters)

ByREUTERS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 13:32