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http://www.youtube.com/user/newscientistvideoThe Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island has fired back to life -

The Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island fired back to life on Sunday after half a century of tranquillity. As of 21 September, lava flows had covered more than 100 hectares, destroying more than 180 homes and displacing 6500 people.

A team led by José Fernández Torres at the Institute of Geosciences in Spain published a study in January, which showed that smaller land deformations in the island’s Aridane Valley had been appearing since 2009. Using a space-based radar system, the team detected land displacements up to 5 centimetres, after taking into account other sources of land movement and atmospheric effects.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291006-la-palma-volcano-eruption-warning-signs-may-have-been-there-for-years/#ixzz77BMy4mie