Ash cloud shuts Spain’s La Palma airport as new volcanic vent emerges | See pics
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La Palma Airport in Spain has been shut down due to an ash cloud after a new volcanic vent emerged on Saturday.
The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma shut down Saturday because of an ash cloud spewing out of a volcano that has been erupting for a week, and scientists said another volcanic vent opened up, exposing islanders to possible new dangers.
The intensity of the eruption that began September 19 has increased in recent days, prompting the evacuation of three additional villages on the island, part of Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off northwest Africa. Almost 7,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes.
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