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Why a volcanic disaster on an island doesn’t stop the most adventurous tourists

The volcanic event that began on La Palma, Canary Islands, on September 19, 2021, could be described as a slow burn. There were no shattering explosions, no incandescent rocks hurled miles into the sky, no pyroclastic flows, where superheated pumice and gas sluiced downhill at deadly speeds. After a week of terrifying earthquakes, lava gushed… Read More »