At a press conference together with the President of the Government of the Canary Islands — Fernando Clavijo, the Special Commissioner for the Reconstruction of the Island of La Palma — Héctor F.

A view of a burning forest fire close to homes, near Puntagorda on the Canary Island of La Palma, Saturday, July 15, 2023. Spanish authorities say that they have preemptively evacuated some 500 ...

La Palma, with a population of 85,000, is one of eight members of Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago off Africa’s western coast. At their nearest point, the islands are 100 kilometers (60 ...

The government of Spain’s Canary Islands has initiated a public-private program to financially incentivize airlines to connect La Palma Airport (SPC) with the UK, Ireland and continental Europe.

A 2021 satellite image shows destructive lava flows burning through a residential area in the Canary Islands as molten rock ...

Learn more. BARCELONA, Spain — More than 2,000 people were evacuated as a wildfire rages “out of control” on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday, destroying around a dozen homes ...