Spain's La Palma evacuees see no end to ordeal after month of volcanic eruption | See Pics
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Lava has covered almost 900 hectares of land, destroying over 2,000 buildings and many banana plantations. More than 7,000 people have had to leave their homes since the eruption started on September 19.
Streams of lava have engulfed almost 2,000 acres of land, destroying about 2,000 buildings and forcing more than 6,000 people to leave their homes.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain would speed up aid to the hard-hit agriculture and fishing industries on the island of La Palma, where part of the volcano's cone collapsed on Saturday and red hot lava continued to flow over a month after the eruption began.
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