Volcano eruption hits La Palma record of 85 days
The volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands has now been erupting for nearly three months – the...
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More than 400 migrants rescued in Atlantic trying to reach Canary Islands
Spanish rescuers have saved and disembarked over 400 migrants and asylum-seekers to the Canary Islands in the past two days as they attempted to reach...
A child dies in migrant crossing, after rescue mission near the Canary Islands
A child has tragically died, as a boat full of migrants attempting to flee Africa and head to Spanish shores got into difficulty off the...
Pedro Sánchez pledges to speed up the aid to volcano-hit La Palma
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Saturday that his government is to speed up the already promised financial aid to help thousands of residents...
Dogs trapped by volcanic lava ‘rescued’ before drone operation
UPDATED at 16.40h on 21 Oct. The Spanish drone company from Galicia, Aerocámaras, that had been attempting to airlift four to six hunting dogs stranded...
La Palma: strongest earthquake since volcano erupted, plus new lava flows
More earthquakes and the strongest recorded yet, registering 4.5 on the Richter scale, have continued to cause alarm on La Palma in the Canary Islands this...
La Palma volcano lava reaches ocean, as fears of toxic gas force lockdown
Lava from the volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands reached the sea late on Tuesday night, with experts now warning of toxic gases after nine...
La Palma classified as a disaster zone, as volcano continues to erupt
The Spanish government classified the island of La Palma, struck by an on-going volcanic eruption nine days ago, as a disaster zone on Tuesday, a...
Volcano continues to erupt, forcing more evacuations and cancelled flights
One week on since the volcano started to erupt in the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of La Palma in the Canary Islands, activity increased...
Canary Islands volcano eruption could last ‘several weeks or a few months’
LATEST (26 Sept): Volcano continues to erupt, forcing more evacuations and cancelled flights The volcano eruption that began on Sunday afternoon on the island of La...
