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La Palma: Lava scorches homes, businesses

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September 23, 2021

More than 300 homes have been destroyed on the Spanish island of La Palma by a river of molten lava gradually making its way to the sea. Everyone was safely evacuated after the island's volcano began to erupt, but they've been left to watch from a distance as their homes disappear.

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