Eruption in Spain's La Palma is longest running on island, experts say

FILE PHOTO: The Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to expel lava and ash as seen from Tacande, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

(Reuters) - The volcanic eruption on La Palma that has sent spectacular rivers of molten lava running down the slopes of La Cumbre for nearly three months is the longest running on the Spanish island since records began in 1500, experts said on Sunday.

It began on Sept. 19 and Stavros Meletlidis, of the Spanish National Geographic Institute, said that was longer than any eruption on La Palma since records started over 500 years ago.