Spanish volcano spews 'lava fountain'

A volcano erupting for the past five weeks on the Spanish island of La Palma is more active than ever, officials said Monday, after new lava flows following a partial collapse of the crater threatened to engulf previously unaffected areas.

Footage showed a powerful new river of molten rock gushing out of the Cumbre Vieja volcano Monday evening. The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute described it as “a giant lava fountain.” Monday's eruption drove a volcanic ash cloud high over the island off northwest Africa.