of la palma, after the volcanic eruption eight days ago. the church in the village of todoque is one of 400 buildings destroyed so far and the volcano is now entering a new explosive phase. alexis schwartz is a volcanologist, who is monitoring developments on la palma. he joins us now along with sharon backhouse, who runs a company which organises field trips to the island. thank you forjoining us. give us an idea. we have been following this for days. what is the latest? what is the situation now on the island? the situation at the moment is concern about the flow of lava, which may reach the sea. it stopped the last few days because it reached a playing area, a flat area. there has been a continuous eruption, emitting very fluid lava. this is probably going to reach the sea. there is concern about the