La Palma volcano keeps spewing out lava streams

A volcano on the Spanish Island of La Palma continued to erupt on Tuesday morning.

Three weeks since its eruption upended the lives of thousands, the volcano was still spewing out endless streams of lava.

Authorities on Sunday monitored a new stream of molten rock that added to the destruction of over 1,100 buildings.

Anything in the path of the lava - homes, farms, swimming pools and industrial buildings in the largely agricultural area - has been consumed.

La Palma is part of Spain’s Canary Islands, an Atlantic Ocean archipelago off northwest Africa whose economy depends on the cultivation of the Canary plantain and tourism.

The Islands' tourism industry was already hard hit by the pandemic, and officials were urging tourists not to keep staying away.

The last eruption on La Palma 50 years ago lasted just over three weeks.

The last eruption on all the Canary Islands occurred underwater off the coast of El Hierro island in 2011 and lasted five months.

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