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"We can never say that volcanoes are completely stopped until years or even many months. So the longer the time it is in this position of 'no activity', the more probable that the eruption has finally ended," volcanologist Alexis Schwartz told Euronews.
Emergency teams on the Spanish island of La Palma began removing hardend lava from La Laguna Cross on Monday.
Thermal camera images show details of the Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption which has been spewing lava and ash for two weeks on Spain's Canary island of La Palma.
Santa Cruz de la Palma, Sep 26 (EFE).- The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, stabilized on Sunday after a week of activity and authorities say that everyone who was forced to evacuate during the eruption may now return to their homes.The administrative committee of the Special Plan for Civil Protection and Attention to Emergencies from Volcanic Risk (Pevolca, after verifying that all indicators - which on Friday had pointed to a dangerous "scenario" for three population centers near the volcano with about 160 residents - were now showing that the volcano has stabilized.Those indicators include seismic tremos, seismic signals and deformations of the earth on and near the volcano, the head of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the Canaries, Maria Jose Blanco, said Sunday. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PÉREZ/ÁNGEL MEDINA). SHOT LIST: THE CUMBRE VIEJA VOLCANO ON THE ISLAND OF LA PALMA IN THE CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN.
The floor is lava, for real this time: Spain's Cumbre Vieja continues to roar, as volcanologists urge people to stay away from the lava flows