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19:31La Palma (Canary Islands) Volcano Eruption Webcam
Note – there are no more live feeds as the eruption has ended, but this page remains as a placeholder.
Eruptions mean disruption and that’s what you can see on this live feed showing the current volcanic action on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.
La Palma is the fifth largest island in the Canarian archipelago and hasn’t seen action like this since 1971 when the same volcano, la Cumbre Vieja or Old Summit, spewed molten rocks and lava for ten continuous days.
After a lot of subterranean grumbling which has been shaking the countryside with a series of continual earthquakes numbering more than six thousand, but not measuring more than 3.8 on the Richter Scale, Cumbre Vieja finally let loose on Sunday the 19th of September.
So far, as the lava flow has crept down the mountain it’s destroyed a hundred houses of the village of El Palo, set fire to the surrounding pine forests, engulfed the vicinity in dense smoke, provoked acid rainfall over the sea and caused multiple evacuations of residents and tourists. How long the eruption will last or what more damage it will do no-one knows. We’ll all just have to wait and see.
Can you please focus the view?
Thank you. Focus is much better. Can you zoom back out just a tiny bit?
Hola! Can you turn the camera a bit to the left. Want to see what’s going on there.
Thanks so much for putting out this web cam!!! I cant get enough!
Thoughts are with the people of La Palma – a terrible and frightening time for them all.
Thanks so much for putting out this web cam hope things get back to normal soon for you
There seems to be some human activity on the large sandy coloured building in the near to mid ground on the right.
Bushcraft bear, I just wanted to say i wish there was somehow i could help.I thought about writing letters to people on La Palma to support them metally . Letting them know that people around the world are really worried about them.. but i have no idea where to write the letters to.. I would love to adopt a dog from La Palma thinking that some people will not get thier dogs back because they have no homes… please let me know if that is possible..thanks/love
Thank you for providing this service! Is there a way to receive mobile phone alerts in the event of crucial changes, such as landslides, etc?
Espero y rezo para que todas las personas y familias se mantengan a salvo. Mañana será el comienzo de una nueva vida y el señor proveerá.
Can you please tell me where the webcam is situated.
Thank you.
Have spent many holidays on this beautiful island. To see the damage caused by
this volcano is heart breaking. Our thoughts go out to all the house owners and
banana plantation owners who have lost everything.