Volcano erupts in Spain’s Canary Islands, 5000 evacuate

Several earthquakes were felt over the weekend thought to be the reason behind the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday.

Aerial footage showed lava from the volcano spilling downhill and destroying several houses.

The volcano has resulted in the evacuation of thousands of people, that makes a total of around 5,000 people.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has postponed his departure to New York for the UN General Assembly in order to travel to La Palma because of the volcanic eruption.

The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (Involcan) tweeted news of the eruption at 3:24 p.m. local time (10:24 a.m. ET) and urged members of the public to stay away from the area.