La Palma Reconstruction Updates

GeoTenerife in roundtable TV discussion about Lava Bombs documentary – Debates over the 60% income tax reduction on La Palma - €100 million from Spain for 2024 still not arrived - Puerto Naos school reopening in September - LP-2 reconstruction close to starting - La Laguna School to be rebuilt - La Palma's recent eruptions have been dated - The magmatic system may have reactivated 10-15 years before the 2021 eruption - Tierra Bonita demand...

LP-2 reconstruction remains complex and delayed – The recovery of the LP-2 road across the lava flows between Tajuya and Las Manchas is still yet to move forward despite government assurances, drawing criticism from opposition political parties. Aid beneficiaries will not be made public – The Canary Islands Government has approved a motion that those who have received aid related to the volcanic eruption will be kept private to protect their privacy. However, some parties...

701 out of 1,298 homes affected by the volcano have been paid for – Nieves Lady Barrato, Presidential Advisor in the Government of the Canary Islands. Government approves new National Hazard surveillance plan – The Government Council of Ministers has approved a National Plan for the Surveillance of Seismic, Volcanological and Geophysical Phenomena, prepared by IGN. Progress of the “Volcano Law” - Proposed amendments to the “Volcano Law” from the main political parties, which is...

The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife has requested that the new Spanish National Volcanology Centre should be based across both Tenerife and La Palma. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Spanish Government, has announced more aid for those affected by the eruption from the Spanish Government. The documentary “On the Record: Chronicles of Ash and Lava” has premiered in El Paso. The first banana harvest from a reconstructed banana plantation on the 2021 lava flows...

• IGN has installed new sensors in Puerto Naos, bringing the total number of sensors in the network to close to 2,000. • The Cabildo de La Palma have delivered aid to families who have been affected by a fraud relating to the reconstruction of new homes. • A controversial miniseries ‘La Palma’ has been released on Netflix, following a fictional family caught up in a volcanic disaster on La Palma

•Homelessness on La Palma increases since the Tajogaite eruption in 2021, likely due to a lack of social housing on the island and the lack of response from the authorities to help this. • Genesis project El agua y yo competition announced by GeoTenerife at the La Palma Science Week event. • Residents of Puerto Naos and La Bombilla are eligible for a new round of aid up to €2,000 for damage to household goods in...

Los Llanos de Aridane City Council and the Cabildo de La Palma have met with residents of Todoque to listen to their requirements and inform them on the reconstruction of the neighbourhood, which was completely destroyed by the lava flow. The Spanish Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has stated that currently €1.046 billion has arrived in La Palma related to the 2021 eruption. II Vulcana Symposium in Tenerife took place...

The church charity Caritas has announced it has helped 3,400 victims of the eruption since it began in 2021. On the 3rd anniversary of the eruption, two marches took place organised by the Platform for Affected People containing hundreds of citizens, protesting against the reconstruction process on La Palma. IGN organises IAVCEI meeting in La Palma. La Palma waits for €100 million in aid guaranteed from the Government of Spain for 2024 for the reconstruction...

On the 13th August, the security protocol for CO2 emissions was activated for 42 homes in Puerto Naos. Media outlets have been criticised for seeding panic in local populations, as they incorrectly conflated the increase in CO2 emissions with a reactivation of the volcanic system. Cracks appear on the La Laguna Las Norias road suspected to have been caused by the heat, cooling, contraction and settling of the lava flows. Lava Bombs: The Reconstruction Documentary...

GeoInterns undertake new research on La Palma – GeoTenerife’s annual GeoIntern Cohort spent July undertaking new collaborative research on Tenerife and La Palma with CSIC, IGN and the University of Florida. Furlough – The latest figures show that 212 workers from 96 companies remain on furlough following a disruption to their employment activities from the volcanic eruption. Cost of infrastructure reconstruction – The latest statistics from the Los Llanos de Aridane City Council show that...

Lack of permanent housing solutions – An editorial by Tierra Bonita has highlighted again the extended wait for permanent housing solutions for those affected by the authorities. GeoTenerife and GNS in La Palma – A team of scientists from GNS Science in New Zealand have been collaborating with on fieldwork in La Palma with GeoTenerife. The work aims to better understand some of the lava flow dynamics of the eruption. Perspective of improvements in emergency...

No more in hotels – The last of the affected residents being housed in hotels following the eruption have left. Lava Bombs 2 Showing on La Palma - The documentary Lava Bombs 2, co-produced by GeoTenerife, was shown in the Multicines Milennium Cinema in Los Llanos de Aridane. Reconstruction law approved – The Reconstruction Law for post-eruption recovery of the island has been approved by the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

Authorisation of 42 new homes in Puerto Naos, - As of 30th April 734 families can now access their homes. Aid for farmers - The City Council of Los Llanos de Aridane has approved a motion to review the criteria for aid for farms affected by the volcano. First reconstructed banana farm on the lava flows – The first reconstructed banana plantations constructed, using the ‘la sorriba’ process, in the Las Hoyas area. Francisco Pulido...

Lava Bombs 2: The Reconstruction Premieres on La Palma at Teatro Chico cinema. The hard-hitting film follows on from the prequel Lava Bombs: Truths Behind the Volcano, and analyses the current situation on the island and the progress of reconstruction of the island, through the voices of those affected. 63 more homes opened in Puerto Naos: From 18th March, 63 more homes, located in the green, orange and red zones of the town, have been...

• GeoTenerife attends Cities on Volcanoes: GeoTenerife and international collaborators attended the Cities on Volcanoes Conference in Antigua, Guatemala, to share their research and lessons learnt from La Palma with a global volcanological audience •Current aid summary: The public resources reaching La Palma after the volcano have reached €950 million. •Water recovery: Work is ongoing to recovery drinking water to the coastal areas Corujo and Cabrera in Tazacorte, that were both affected by the eruption...

Puerto Naos - Access to 40 more homes in the green and orange zones of Puerto Naos have been granted given continuous CO2 concentrations of below 700ppm. Disabled people during the eruption – A spokesperson for the Association of the Physically Disabled of La Palma (ADFILPA), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Rocha, has detailed how the disabled have been discriminated against in the response to the 2021 eruption. New homes for those affected by the eruption –...

€100 million for recovery: The Council of Ministers has approved a €100 million subsidy from the Government of Spain for the economic recovery of La Palma following the 2021 eruption. This aid will be managed by the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. It will be financed from the 2023 state budget. Reconstruction decree: On the 18th of December, the Government of the Canary Islands approved Decree Law 9/2023 titled the “Territorial and Urban Planning...

1,296 farmers forced to return €3.5 million in aid: €3.5 million in aid for loss on income to farmers is going to be returned, because it is understood that mismanagement by the previous institution of the funds lead to many some receiving more aid than they were shown to have lost. This is because these payments had been made based on estimates of damage, rather than definitive data that were available later. The government presents...

€100 million for reconstruction: At a meeting in Madrid, the President of the Canary Islands has again pressed the Spanish Government over the delay in the execution of the €100 million in aid included in this year’s state budget for the reconstruction of La Palma. The President has received a commitment to do this from the finance minister of the Spanish Government. The latest figures show that 65 people affected by the volcano remain housed...

Transcripts of PEVOLCA meetings denied: For transparency around the decisions to keep the volcano on yellow alert prior to the eruption, citizens had requested transcripts from PEVOLCA meetings around this time, although this request has been rejected. 95% of the pine trees close to the cone did not survive: Research by CSIC has shown that the pine trees closest to the crater, which may have looked like they were going to survive the eruption, have...