LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands-Thousands of people were killed in three weeks after the eruption, and the volcano Spanish La Palma has no sign of stopping and is still erupting an endless lava flow.

On Sunday, authorities monitored a new stream of molten rock added to the destruction of more than 1,100 buildings. Anything on the lava road-mainly homes, farms, pools and industrial buildings in agricultural areas-was consumed.

The Saturday collapse of part of the volcanic cone sent a flood of bright red lava pouring from the first cracked Cumbre Vieja ridge on September 19. The fast-flowing stream carried away a huge mass of already solidified lava. The industrial park was swallowed immediately.

“The eruption that started 21 days ago cannot be said to end soon,” said Julio Perez, Minister of Regional Security for the Canary Islands.

La Palma is part of the Canary Islands of Spain, an Atlantic archipelago off northwestern Africa, and its economy depends on the cultivation and tourism of the Canary plantain.

All new lava rivers remain within the exclusion zone created by the authorities, forcing no further evacuation of residents. About 6,000 residents were evacuated shortly after the first eruption.

Government experts estimated that the largest lava flow was 1.5 km (.9 miles) at its widest point, but the new land delta formed where lava flows into the Atlantic Ocean is 34 hectares (. It has reached the surface of 84 acres).

A scientific committee advising the government said that if the Delta continued to grow out of the ocean, some of it could be destroyed. Commission spokeswoman Jose Maria Blanco said it would generate explosions, gas releases and large waves, but it should not represent a danger to people outside the exclusion zone.

The Canary Islands tourism industry has already been hit by a pandemic, and authorities have urged tourists to stay away.

“Although this eruption is affecting parts of the island, La Palma is still a safe place and can provide a lot to visitors,” said Mariano Hernandez, the island’s main authority. Told.

The last eruption of La Palma 50 years ago lasted for over three weeks. The last eruption in all Canary Islands occurred underwater off the coast of El Hierro in 2011 and lasted for five months.

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