Lava from volcano on Spain’s La Palma forces 800 to evacuate
LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — Hundreds of people in Spain’s Canary Islands are fearing for their homes and property after a new lava stream from an erupting volcano threatened to engulf another neighborhood on the island of La Palma. Island authorities ordered the evacuation of around 800 people from a coastal town on Tuesday after the lava took a new course on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. It was the first mass exit since around 6,000 people were told to leave the immediate area after the Cumbre Vieja volcano first erupted on Sept. 19. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez traveled to La Palma on Wednesday and said scientists say the volcano’s activity is not decreasing,