Lockdown ends for 3,000 La Palma residents as volcano cloud passes October 12, 2021 at 12:53AM

More than three thousand residents of La Palma were told on Tuesday they can leave their homes after authorities ended a lockdown caused by a thick cloud of smoke from a volcano that has devastated the Spanish Canary island. There were 18 seismic movements on Tuesday, the strongest measuring 3.8, according to the Spanish National Geological Institute.