Local Officials Are Worried
Officials have raised concerns about the initial lava flow because, duh, lava. But life continued in most parts of the island under business as usual. With the new lava flows moving toward more populated areas, though, worries are increasing.
“We have the biggest tragedy ahead of us, more people we have to help,” Mariano Hernández Zapata, the president of the island council of La Palma, told El País. “We are worried about the course this new flow of lava could follow, although we hope that it will join the other.”
