The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island Palma (Spain) can carry an ecological threat to Western Europe. About this “Izvestia” said publicist and TV presenter Anatoly Wasserman.
He drew attention to the approval of meteorologists that a large amount of sulfur dioxide thrown into a volcano on Canarians will reach France. “Even a relatively small amount of sulfur, contained in gasoline, has become a threat to buildings and monuments, so it is necessary to clean the fuel much more carefully, rather than half a century ago, when there were fewer cars. Volcanic gases will not clean,” said the erudite about a non-obvious .
The eruption began on September 19 near Lake Cabez-de-Vaka in the municipality of El Paso. More than 10 thousand people were evacuated from the disaster zone, no injured. Daily volcano throws from 8 thousand to 10.5 thousand tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
The last time Cumbre-Viek woke up 50 years ago. It is expected that the volcano will be active 84 days.