La Palma volcano update: Second lava arm reaches the sea, generating massive rockfalls at the sea cliff

Tue, 23 Nov 2021, 15:12
15:12 PM | BY: T
Thick dust clouds rising as the lava flow falls over the sea cliff (image: RTVE live steam)
Thick dust clouds rising as the lava flow falls over the sea cliff (image: RTVE live steam)
Another branch of the active lava flow made it to the ocean today, traveling south of the one that reached it yesterday and creating yet another sea entry.
On its path down the sea cliff, it has been destabilizing rocks from the cliff wall, which have been falling down in rockfalls that generate thick dust clouds in addition to the steam from the lava entering the ocean.

Previous news

Tue, 23 Nov 2021, 09:15
La Palma Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTION AT 20210919/1410Z ONGOING ASH EMISSION EST VA DTG: 23/0900Z
Satellite image of La Palma volcano on 23 Nov 2021
Mon, 22 Nov 2021, 21:15
La Palma Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTION AT 20210919/1410Z ONGOING ASH EMISSION. to 8000 ft (2400 m)
Satellite image of La Palma volcano on 22 Nov 2021
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