Breaking: Volcano eruption LA PALMA’S LOCAL GOVERNMENT JUST ANNOUNCED EVACUATIONS

volcano eruption Breaking: LA PALMA’S LOCAL GOVERNMENT JUST ANNOUNCED EVACUATIONS PLANS ARE BEING READIED

volcano eruption – yellow warning issued after 100s of tremors

BRITONS still enjoying their summer holidays in La Palma, Spain, will face a regional yellow warning for the Cumbre Vieja volcano area, following hundreds of tremors since the weekend.

The Canary Islands Government has activated the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Attention to Volcanic Risk Emergencies (PEVOLCA) in the Cumbre Vieja area (La Palma) due to the increase in seismic activity registered in recent days.

As reported by the Spanish Ministry of Public Administrations, Justice and Security, the decision has been adopted by the Scientific Committee of PEVOLCA convened this Monday to assess the situation.

Specifically, the Alert Plan has been activated for Fuencaliente, Los Llanos de Aridane, El Paso and Mazo, resulting in the change of the traffic light from green to yellow for these municipalities.

Officials say the “highest levels of Helium-3 detected in 30 years” in the volcanic ridge was a detonator.

Cumbre Vieja, Spanish for Old Summit, is an active but dormant volcanic ridge on the volcanic ocean island of La Palma in the Canary Islands that erupted twice in the 20th century – in 1949 and again in 1971.