Falling ash and flowing lava continue to devastate La Palma, part of the Canary Islands archipelago, as the Cumbre Vieja volcano enters its eighth week of active spewing. The lava flow has made its ...

On Sunday, a new vent in Cumbre Vieja opened up, sending scalding rivers of lava flowing down the mountainside, destroying everything it touched. Roughly 7,000 people have been forced to evacuate ...

The 1730 eruption wasn’t the last volcanic activity to take place here, and it was far from the first. Lanzarote — along with neighbouring Fuerteventura — is the oldest of the Canary Islands, an ...

According to emergency officials, some lava flows reached a height of 40 meters (over 130 feet) as strong magma overflows from the previous days didn't advance much.

Rising dramatically from the Atlantic Ocean floor around 23 million years ago, the Canary Islands were formed by volcanic activity that still shapes their landscape today. From the undulating, ...