{"id":242963,"date":"2021-09-20T12:57:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=242963"},"modified":"2021-09-22T08:56:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T08:56:34","slug":"canary-islands-5000-evacuated-as-la-palma-volcano-eruptions-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=242963","title":{"rendered":"Canary Islands: 5,000 evacuated as La Palma volcano eruptions continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sam Jones \u2013 The Guardian Sept 20, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Authorities on the Canary island of La Palma have told spectators to stay away from the continuing volcanic eruptions that began on Sunday and has forced the evacuation of 5,000 people and destroyed at least 20 homes.<\/p>\n<p>The island had been on high alert after more than 22,000 tremors were reported within a week in Cumbre Vieja, one of the most active volcanic regions in the archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>Officials had begun evacuating the infirm and some farm animals from nearby villages before the eruption at 3.15pm local time on Sunday on a wooded slope in the sparsely populated Cabeza de Vaca area, according to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Two hours later, with lava edging down the hillside from five fissures, the municipality ordered the evacuation of four villages, including El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane.<\/p>\n<p>After nightfall, footage showed fountains of lava shooting hundreds of metres into the sky, and at least three incandescent orange rivers of molten rock pouring down the hill, tearing gashes into woods and farmland, and spreading as they reached lower ground.<\/p>\n<p>Mariano Hern\u00e1ndez, the president of La Palma\u2019s council, asked people to keep away from the affected areas because spectators were hampering the evacuation effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople shouldn\u2019t come near the eruption site where the lava is flowing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re having serious problems with the evacuation because the roads are jammed with people who are trying to get close enough to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regional president of the Canaries, \u00c1ngel V\u00edctor Torres, said while there would be \u201cconsiderable material damage\u201d, the authorities hoped no one would be injured. \u201cWe\u2019re not expecting any other eruption,\u201d Torres told SER radio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/19\/spanish-canary-island-volcano-erupts-after-weeks-of-earthquakes\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>YouTube \u2013 Sept 20, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EOIwjeJMNxM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<h2>ERUPTION IN PROGRESS *** &#8212; Earthquake Swarm &#8211; La Palma &#8211; If Blows, a Tsunami Could Wipe Out U.S. East Coast<br \/>\nHal Turner \u2013 Sept 13, 2021<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>A very significant earthquake swarm\u00a0is taking place on an island off the west coast of Africa. This particular situation has been feared for decades because it could literally wipe out the ENTIRE U.S. East Coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:08 PM EDT UPDATE <a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami#UPDATE-10-08-PM-EDT-SUNDAY\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami#Eruption-In-Progress\"><span style=\"color: red;\">FLASH TRAFFIC:<\/span> Report &#8220;Eruption in Progress&#8221;<\/a> <span style=\"color: red;\">Lava Breached Surface, Fires starting 10:56 AM EDT Sunday<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: red;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami#Detachment-9-37-AM-Sunday\">&#8220;DETACHMENT&#8221; 9:57 AM EDT<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami#update-9-37-am-sunday\">Sunday 9:37 AM EDT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami#update-1-35-am-sunday\">Sunday 1:35 AM EDT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami#bulletin-5-16-pm-saturday\">*** BULLETIN 5:16 PM EDT (SAT)***<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The island of La Palma is part of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.\u00a0 The scalable Google Map below shows its location:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d685058.7028888449!2d-17.865704!3d28.655173!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0xc6bf20c6a87a13b%3A0x8e2037d22330882d!2sLa%20Palma!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1631548976667!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>The island was formed by eruptions from the Cumbre Vieja volcano.<\/p>\n<p>La Palma earned the nickname \u201cthe beautiful island\u201d \u2014 white sand beaches highlighted by black volcanic soil. An endless night sky filled with stars as far as the eye can see.<\/p>\n<p>But beauty here is only skin deep.<\/p>\n<p>Nestled on the western side of La Palma sits the Cumbre Vieja volcano, like a pot of water waiting to boil over. Its last big eruption was more than 50 years ago, but everyone knows it\u2019s only a matter of time before it unleashes the beast inside.<\/p>\n<p>Over decades, the entire southwest third of the island has become eroded and unstable from volcanic eruptions; with scientists fearing it could break loose and slide into the Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 If that took place, the slide would be about 500 cubic KILOMOTERS of dirt and rock, plopping into the ocean, which would trigger <strong>a Tsunami wave for the entire Atlantic Ocean.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It starts with tremors &#8211; exactly like what we are seeing right now. Glasses rattle on kitchen tables while picture frames skew left and right. Tourists to La Palma brush it off, calling the jelly feeling \u201csea legs\u201d \u2014 they are, after all, on an island.<\/p>\n<p>But the locals know better and they hold their breath. When it does happen, the ash and lava spill out of the volcano\u2019s mouth like a giant sigh. No one could have predicted what happens next.<\/p>\n<p>The western side of the volcano cracks and splits; the steam builds up inside and pushes against the volcano\u2019s walls. The pressure is too much; <strong>the entire western flank breaks off<\/strong>, the Atlantic Ocean eagerly swallowing every rock, stone and pebble as they freefall into its deep blue depths. The earth rumbles and the water begins to slosh around as its calm ebb and flow turns into frenzied splashing and crashing.<\/p>\n<p>The waves grow. And they grow and they grow. To the naked eye, it looks like the heavens unleashed a curtain made of water \u2014 somehow the volcano\u2019s landslide has produced a tsunami that reaches the sky.<\/p>\n<p>All 3,000 feet of water roars as it barrels away from La Palma\u2019s coast toward the United States. As the most western island of the Canary Islands, La Palma sits eight hours away from the eastern U.S. shore by plane. It\u2019s the one piece of good news: Residents have a window of time to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>But chaos breeds chaos, and soon the highways are clogged with cars, frightened families from Boston to Miami trying to flee inland. A final silver lining: The wave decreases as it sojourns across the Atlantic from a staggering 3,000 to a mere 160 feet.<\/p>\n<p>As that wave travels from Africa to the west, it would move about as fast as a jet airliner, about 500 MPH.\u00a0 \u00a0About eight hours later, that wave would reach the North American coast line and begin to pile up on top of itself, creating upwards of a ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FOOT TALL wall of water, smashing into the ENTIRE east coast.<\/p>\n<p>All the major cities would be wiped out.\u00a0 \u00a0Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Norfolk, VA, Charleston, SC, Jacksonville, FL, Miami, would all be inundated by a giant wall of water.\u00a0 Most buildings within ten miles of the coast would be physically knocked down by the wave.\u00a0 Almost nothing would survive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/news-nation\/earthquake-swarm-la-palma-if-blows-wipes-out-us-east-coast-via-tsunami\"><em>(Story continues beneath Ad)\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A volcanic eruption in the Spanish Canary Islands has sparked fears that if it continues it will trigger a Tsunami that could devastate the U.S. East Coast. As a correspondent has pointed out, Edgar Cayce warned of the U.S. East Coast being inundated at some point   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":242967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242963"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242969,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242963\/revisions\/242969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/242967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}