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   Lava continued to flow slowly from a volcano that erupted in Spain's Canary Islands off northwest Africa. Lava was flowing on the island of La Palma toward the sea, moving at 700 meters per hour, according to the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute. The lava was moving in two streams through a mostly unpopulated area, Canary Islands government chief Ángel Víctor Torres told. Some 20 isolated houses were destroyed and some 5,000 people were evacuated.

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   The volcano erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity that was closely monitored by authorities. (Reuters Photo)

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   Lava flows behind houses following the eruption of a volcano in the Cumbre Vieja national park at Los Llanos de Aridane, on the Canary Island of La Palma. (Reuters Photo)

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   Huge red plumes topped with black-and-white smoke shot out along the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, which scientists had been monitoring following the accumulation of molten lava below the surface and days of small earthquakes. (AP Photo)

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   La Palma, with a population of 85,000, is one of eight volcanic islands in Spain's Canary Islands archipelago off Africa's western coast. At their nearest point, the islands are 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Morocco. (Reuters Photo)

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   The last eruption on La Palma 50 years ago lasted just over three weeks. The last eruption on all the Canary Islands occurred underwater off the coast of El Hierro island in 2011. It lasted five months. (Reuters Photo)