Lava streams continue to pour from La Palma volcano – in pictures

The Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to wreak havoc on the Canary island of La Palma. The eruption has continued for more than a month and is yet to show any sign of easing

Jim Hedge

Main image: Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano flows, as seen from Tajuya on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

  • A member of the Spanish military emergency unit monitors the lava flow
    A member of the Spanish military emergency unit monitors the lava flow

  • Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano has devastated 866 hectares and destroyed 2,185 buildings In La Palma
    Lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano

  • Images taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite show the Cumbre Vieja volcano’s eruption has been ongoing for more than a month and is yet to show any sign of easing
    Images taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite show the Cumbre Vieja volcano’s eruption has been ongoing for more than a month and is yet to show any sign of easing

  • Though most of the island of 85,000 people has been unaffected by the eruption, lava has ruined livelihoods and destroyed homes in parts of the western side
    Lava and smoke

  • Dozens of villagers prayed in front of a statue of the Virgen del Pino (Virgin of the Pine), carried in a procession outside a church from where the eruption was visible. ‘We come to ask her with faith so that this ends as soon as possible because this is a great misfortune,’ said Laura Rodríguez, from the village of Tacande, after attending the ceremony
    Residents walk in a procession with the Virgen del Pino around its chapel to pray for the volcano to stop

  • The Cumbre Vieja volcano spews lava, as seen from Tajuya
    The Cumbre Vieja volcano spews lava, as seen from Tajuya

  • Lava destroys homes as it reaches La Laguna
    Lava destroys homes as it reaches La Laguna

  • Alvaro Martin Perez, 84, prepares to leave his home as he is evacuated from the San Borondón neighbourhood in Tazacorte
    Alvaro Martin Perez, 84, prepares to leave his home as he is evacuated from the San Borondón neighbourhood in Tazacorte

  • Lava flows in this still image obtained from a social media video
    Lava flows in this still image obtained from a social media video

  • People look at lava spewed from the Cumbre Vieja volcano
    People look at lava spewed from the Cumbre Vieja volcano from a house

  • The tension of not knowing whether the slow-moving molten rock will eventually entomb their homes, farmland and businesses is taking a toll on local people. ‘There is already a certain degree of despondency and desperation, waiting for the volcano to subside,” said the mayor of Tazacorte, Juan Miguel Rodríguez
    Lava flows illuminate the night

  • A view of the volcano and the lava stream from the municipality of El Paso
    A view of the volcano and the lava stream from the municipality of El Paso

  • Houses in Tajuya
    Houses in Tajuya

  • A house in the neighborhood of La Laguna is surrounded by lava, as seen from Tajuya
    A house in the neighborhood of La Laguna is surrounded by lava, as seen from Tajuya
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