Posted on 12/05/2021 6:54:00 AM PST by blam
The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, located off the northwestern coast of Africa, has been erupting for nearly eleven weeks with no signs of abating. Soon the eruption could be La Palma’s longest in over 500 years.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on Sept. 19 and led to the evacuation of thousands of residents. For the last 75 days, the volcano has spewed lava out of fissures, unleashed plumes of ash and toxic gasses, and acid rain.
After two and a half months of non-stop volcanic eruptions, some parts of the island are unrecognizable as they’re buried in feet of ash. Entire towns and neighborhoods are entirely covered, and damage could be upwards of a billion dollars.
Here are some of the most incredible pictures and videos on social media documenting the ongoing chaos on La Palma.
Entire homes are buried in ash.
Neighborhoods swallowed whole by ash and lava.
Towns covered in ash up to the rooftops.
WATCH: Drone footage shows entire neighborhoods being slowly buried in volcanic ash on the Spanish island of La Palma pic.twitter.com/5ZuVBTgVxd
— Reuters Asia (@ReutersAsia) December 1, 2021
How are people going to dig out of this?
This is the volcanic ash after the recent La Palma eruption, deep and thick..
But here’s something amazing, thousands of bees buried under this for 50 days, are still alive…they saved themselves by sealing their hives with a resin called propolis pic.twitter.com/hIsUMd86X5
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) November 12, 2021
Ash is everywhere.
Once again Instagram has the goods that Twitter does not…have a horrible headache from it..not a fan. Ash on #LaPalma is Truly Outrageous! pic.twitter.com/3Kx8IoSwWF
— 🎯𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓵𝓮 (@LetUsUniteHere) December 3, 2021
A fissure opens up next to a house covered in ash.
More buildings are buried in feet of ash.
WATCH: This drone video shows the volcanic ash across La Palma island in Spain. On Wednesday, the Spanish National Police shared the video of partially buried buildings. The Cumbre Vieja volcano began erupting in September. pic.twitter.com/SrAIk2uq1N
— Local News 8 (@localnews8) December 2, 2021
The current eruption could surpass the Tehuya volcano that spewed lava and ash for 84 days in 1646.
So what about the cleanup on the tiny resort island? How does one dispose of millions of tons of ash?
Shocking?!
Puhleeeeze...
I was just thinking that the volcano is creating a lot of work for future archaeologists.
You can try...
No diff from the folks who built on the Lower East Rift Zone on the big island of Hawaii.
You just hope the magma doesn’t hit the fan during your lifetime.
BTW, who’s dumber: the folks who live there, or the governments making money off of allowing them to do it...
“Tell that to the approximately 3 million people in the Naples area in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius.”
LOL. I like blaming the victims just for fun. In this case, I thought it was about 100 years ago that it last blew, but it was 50 years ago, so I actually do, pretty much, stand by my comment.
Thousands of bees and nary a flowering plant to pollinate.
Imagine the chaos when that mountain blows.
I didn’t like staying there for two days.
If you build a home near an active volcano, you would have to expect that this would eventually happen. Correct?
Well the Earth is on the move as more and more volcanoes are erupting around the World along with Earthquakes...been a rash of small quakes in the Midwest as of late.
“Mother Nature’s in charge; we’re just along for the ride.”
Hope they have volcano insurance.
So, everyone downwind of the Mt St Helens ash plume should move away too?
That’s a smart idea. Hyuk
FIX that ECONAZIs.
That is one big ash crack….
The puns on this thread are as thick and deep as the stuff from the volcano.
Always an ash in the crowd…
Spain has called up an Army unit to go to the island and help with ash disposal.
It is a real PITA, this from first hand experience.
Nature has an amazing ability of recovering from what we consider catastrophic events.
Ha! I remember
Don Morgan, where are you?
“But, what kind of nose to use when you build an Ashman? do kids have ashball fights?”
Don’t be a smartash.
They’re going to need some serious carbon offsets 🤪
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