Earth’s Deadliest Volcanoes | Spain: La Palma | Free Documentary

Earth’s Deadliest Volcanoes | Spain: La Palma | Free Documentary World’s Toughest Lives - Stories from the Hidden Worlds: It was the volcanic event that gripped the world. An inconspicuous hill on the Spanish Island of La Palma bursts open, releasing an avalanche of lava. In its path are the homes of seven thousand residents and the emergency services rush to evacuate before there are any casualties. Within twenty-four hours, volcano expert Chris Horsley is on the scene. Chris’s day job typically involves retrieving molten lava samples and installing state-of-the-art monitoring systems inside volcanos, but here, with a fountain of lava blasting 400 meters into the air and annihilating everything in its fall zone, it’s far too dangerous. Instead, Chris and his team embark on a journey to document the eruption. They discover how this volcano was formed and track the devastating havoc the unstoppable lava wreaks as it hits roads, villages, and towns. Chri