La Palma volcano: Drone video shows lava flowing from new vent, ash raining from crater

Drone footage captured a river of red-hot lava snaking downhill from a new fissure of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, which burst open late on Thursday north of the primary eruption site. Multiple vents have opened since the volcano began erupting on Sept. 19 but the Canaries Volcanology Institute described the latest opening as a new “focus of eruption.“ About 6,000 people have been evacuated since the eruption began and are yet to return home. More than 800 buildings including houses, churches, and schools have been destroyed.