A volcano eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma has officially been declared over, after three months of spewing ash and hot molten rock. Since erupting on 19 September, the Cumbre Vieja volcano destroyed more than 3,000 properties and hundreds of acres of farmland on the Canary Island. More than 7,000 people were forced to leave their homes as lava closed in. But after 10 days of calmer activity, authorities decided the volcano was not going to flare up again. “What I want to say today can be said with just four words: The eruption is over,” said Canary Islands regional security chief Julio Perez. There had been no earth tremors since 13 December – the longest period without any activity since the volcano began.(BBC)…[+]