the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano officially stopped

He is still breathing, but for a few hours now, the Cumbre volcano located on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands archipelago (Spain), has officially been asleep. Immortalized from afar, its last clouds of smoke remain the last memory of an unprecedented eruption, the longest in the history of the Canaries, the most devastating.

The authorities’ announcement reassured the entire population. The almost unreal aerial images make you dizzy. There is none victim but nearly 1,250 hectares of the island are frozen in lava. There were 3,000 buildings destroyed and 7,000 residents evacuated. Many of them are not going to return home them because the rash also gave off noxious gases. The army goes from house to house. It is a job that could last for weeks. On September 19, after 50 years of inactivity, the Cumbre Vieja had erupted.