danjohnson has the latest from la palma. 0n la palma s volcanic hillsides, it s time to move. more families and more communities are packing up and getting out. i don t even know where to take my things, this woman says. missing sentence or two here. the flames and the lava are really close. being here forjust a couple of minutes, you get a sense of the risk, because there is ash falling on my clothes, i can taste it in the air, and the whole time there is the thunderous rumble of the volcano in the background. that is why people are loading up and going. but leaving is painful and there is a sense of panic at times. this man desperately helping his dad, who has lived here for over a0 years and can t believe it s
so if we cannot adapt to climate change, or countries are not able to commit to the financial commitments in the paris agreement, then we are talking about our statehood. mass climate displacement. danjohnson has the latest from la palma. 0n la palma s volcanic hillsides, it s time to move. more families and more communities are packing up and getting out. i don t even know where to take my things, this woman says. the flames and the lava are really close.
unfortunately no reports of injuries at this stage.- unfortunately no reports of injuries at this stage. in uries at this stage. that is a injuries at this stage. that is a blessing- injuries at this stage. that is a blessing. thank injuries at this stage. that is a blessing. thank you - injuries at this stage. that is a blessing. thank you very l a blessing. thank you very much. more people have been forced to flee their homes after the eruption of a volcano on the spanish island of la palma. there are fears that lava flows could trigger toxic gases and explosions when they reach the sea. the volcano began erupting on sunday, shooting lava hundreds of metres into the air. danjohnson has the latest from la palma. 0n la palma s volcanic hillsides, it s time to move. more families and more communities are packing up and getting out. i don t even know where to take my things, this woman says. we were allowed to drive the road to a village evacuated on sunday, now being cleared by it
it is destructive, because you can see the lava flowing downhill there. that has scarred landscape and it s torched everything in its path, and there have been more earth tremors and further lava flows, which suggest this spectacular show won t be over any time soon. today, we were in the village of todoque, which is right down at the head of the lava, just before that village got smothered. on la palma s volcanic hillsides, it s time to move. more families and more communities are packing up and getting out. i don t even know where to take my things, this woman says. the village is being cleared in a last dash for people to grab whatever they can. the flames and the lava are really close. that s why they re such a risk to these properties, and why people are making every effort to get out. being here forjust a couple of minutes, you get a sense of the risk, because there s ash falling on my clothes i can taste it in the air and the whole time,
where it has burned through trees, smothered roads and destroyed villages. there has been even more activity here overnight in terms of earth tremors which have put people on edge. that is why the evacuation effort is being stepped up and people are really fearful of what may still be to come here. en la palma s volcanic hillsides, it s time to move. more families in poor communities and getting out. i don t even know where to take my things, this woman says. we were allowed to drive the road to a village evacuated on sunday, now being cleared by its residents in a last dash to grab whatever they can be the lava consumes their homes. and at times there a sense panic here. this man is desperately trying to help his dad pack up. antonio has