The lava flow began the day approximately 1000 m from the coast, although it advanced quickly throughout the day due to the large volume of fluid lava being emitted from the effusive vent on the northwest sector of the cone. The lava flow crossed to the south of Todoque mountain and reached the sea at 11:00 pm local time after cascading down the cliffs at Playa de Los Guirres. Due to the clouds of vapour being produced by the contact of the lava with the sea, which could contain high concentrations of gases such as hydrogen chloride (HCl), the confinement order in Tazacorte remains in place. Throughout the day, there were also issues with suspended particles in the air, both directly from the volcano and from the burning of plastic and other noxious materials in greenhouses and agricultural buildings by the lava flows. This problem was exacerbated by a low temperature inversion at 600 m preventing the dispersal of these particles in the evening. This led to the exceedance of the PM10 particle air quality threshold level (50 μg/m³) in Los Llanos de Aridane.

Strong strombolian activity continues too with pulses of increased and decreased intensity, and the scientific committee commented that the expulsion of magma from the inner layers of the volcano during the reactivation on the evening of the 27^th in part causes more fluid flows. The ash plume height exceeds 4000 m, and the SO2 emissions are greatly increased due to the reactivation of activity, estimated at 16,757 tons per day. Deformation however continues to show a long-term trend of stability at all stations. The increased earthquake activity in the same location as the initial swarm which began on the 11^th September, which began on the 27^th, continues. In total, 15 earthquakes were recorded, peaking at 3.3 mbLg.

The moment the lava flow reached the sea for the first time, as seen from the port of Tazacorte. Image credit: Rosie Rice, Cambridge University and GeoTenerife

Sources: Government of the Canary Islands, PEVOLCA, Involcan, IGN, DSN, Cabildo La Palma, 112 Canarias, Tolouse VAAC