MADRID: Residents on La Palma Island Spain dared to hope on Wednesday that the volcano eruption ended after almost three months a terrible daily explosion, earthquake, liquid stone rivers and large ash blobs containing poison gas.
Volcano Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands outside the Northwest African was silent on Monday night, and scientists said 36 hours or more of ignored activities might indicate the beginning of the end of the eruption.
Scientists will not override the rise of volcanic activity, which previously did not diminish with new strength, but said it was impossible.
“We cannot be 100% sure, because the volcano has played several tricks over the past few weeks,” Valentin Troll, a geologist with the University of Uppsala Sweden and colleague of the Geology Study of the Canary Islands, told the Associated Press.
“But many parameters that have now subside, and I think the volcano does decline now,” he said.
The Canary Islands government said in a statement that “volcanic activity has dropped almost nothing.” The eruption, which began on September 19, is the longest in the record in La Palma and has become a milestone for the island population, many of which live from agriculture and tourism.
Volcanic Canary Islands are European holiday destinations that are popular because of their light climate.
There is no injury or death connected directly with the eruption at La Palma, where around 80,000 people live.
While life continues as usual on most islands, part of the southwest side is severely damaged.
The Spanish government has promised financial assistance to help local residents rebuild their lives.
Liquid rock flowing from Cumbre Vieja towards the sea has destroyed around 3,000 buildings.
The thick and hard-hardened lava fields have confined banana plantations, irrigation systems are destroyed and roads.
The hardened lava covers around 1,200 hectares (around 3,000 hectares), according to data collected by the Volcanic Emergency Unit of the Canary Islands, Pevolcan.
Where Molten stones have been poured into the Atlantic Ocean, Rocky Delta has formed more than 48 hectares (120 hectares), said Pevolcan.