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Covid update: 82 new cases, active cases drop, hospitalisations drop
Covid update: 82 new cases, active cases drop, hospitalisations drop

There are 32 new cases in Gran Canaria, 31 in Tenerife, 13 in Fuerteventura, and 4 in Lanzarote today…

Binter Airways cancels all flights with La Palma due to the volcanic ash plume
Binter Airways cancels all flights with La Palma due to the volcanic ash plume

This is a decision by Binter as AENA have announced that the airport is open as normal…

Amazing photos of the houses that escaped the lava flows
Amazing photos of the houses that escaped the lava flows

Sometimes nature behaves in a curious way, as these images show how lava surrounds some houses leaving them safe from destruction…

LA PALMA UPDATE: More explosive eruptions and a 6km high volcanic plume
LA PALMA UPDATE: More explosive eruptions and a 6km high volcanic plume

Three big explosive eruptions were seen and felt by the public late yesterday afternoon and evening…

Current ERTE will be extended for one month with application period to extend again
Current ERTE will be extended for one month with application period to extend again

The Government will extend the current ERTE until October 31st and the new one will be in force from November 1st to January 31st…

Covid update: No level changes for any of the islands this week
Covid update: No level changes for any of the islands this week

77 new cases today, with 27 in Tenerife, 23 in Gran Canaria, 11 in Fuerteventura, and 10 in Lanzarote…

BREAKING NEWS: Airspace is restricted over La Palma airport
BREAKING NEWS: Airspace is restricted over La Palma airport

Two restricted areas of airspace have been created to guarantee emergency operations…

The Canary Islands pull together to support La Palma, official fund is set up
The Canary Islands pull together to support La Palma, official fund is set up

Donations of clothes, toys, shoes, bedding and essential items has been overwhelming…

LA PALMA LATEST: Lava destroys more buildings in Todoque as residents collect belongings
LA PALMA LATEST: Lava destroys more buildings in Todoque as residents collect belongings

Residents of the remaining houses desperately tried to collect their belongings before leaving their homes behind…

The volcano has entered a 'zone of stability': slower flows and only four vents active
The volcano has entered a 'zone of stability': slower flows and only four vents active

In total the volcano has nine emission points, but only four of them currently have eruptive activity…

Covid update: 99 new cases as incidence rates are lowest for over a year
Covid update: 99 new cases as incidence rates are lowest for over a year

The Delta variant now accounts for 96.7% of all cases in the islands…

Dead body of a woman found on a beach in Los Gigantes
Dead body of a woman found on a beach in Los Gigantes

The identity of the dead female hasn’t officially been released yet, although she is thought to be a missing British woman…

LA PALMA UPDATE: Lava flows cover 153 hectares and have destroyed 320 buildings
LA PALMA UPDATE: Lava flows cover 153 hectares and have destroyed 320 buildings

It’s only at night time you can see the ferocity of the lava, during the day it doesn’t look so threatening…

106 Italians arrested in Tenerife for various crimes and laundering 10 million euros
106 Italians arrested in Tenerife for various crimes and laundering 10 million euros

Crimes include: fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, injuries, threats, coercion, robbery, and possession of weapons…

ERTE extension proposed until January 31st, but not under same conditions
ERTE extension proposed until January 31st, but not under same conditions

The government will analyse each individual company’s request, and answer according to their situation…

VIDEO: New eruption at the main vent of the La Palma volcano tonight
VIDEO: New eruption at the main vent of the La Palma volcano tonight

Involcan caught the eruption on film as it happened…

AEMET warns of the path of the ash cloud through the Canary Islands
AEMET warns of the path of the ash cloud through the Canary Islands

Experts have ruled out acid rain when the lava reaches the sea because of how the flows have slowed down…

Involcan does not rule out new emission points on the volcano
Involcan does not rule out new emission points on the volcano

The eruption is "running a normal course ", but the difference is that in this case it is in an inhabited area…

Covid update: 82 new cases and two deaths in the Canary Islands today
Covid update: 82 new cases and two deaths in the Canary Islands today

Of the new cases today, 34 are in Tenerife, 25 are Gran Canaria, 13 are in Lanzarote, and 7 are in Fuerteventura…

The lava flows are approaching Todoque, the last urban centre before the sea
The lava flows are approaching Todoque, the last urban centre before the sea

The Cabildo has closed more roads to the public, more information here…