Ongoing Eruption At Reunion Island

March 20, 2026, Saint-Philippe, La Reunion, France: Begun on February 13, 2026, the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise continues with a single active eruptive site on the south-southeast flank of the volcano at an altitude of 2,056 meters. Lava cut off the main road along the coast of Saint-Philippe on March 13 and reached the Indian Ocean on March 16..''At the point of contact between the lava and the leer más ocean,'' explain scientists from the Piton de la Fournaise Volcanological Observatory, ''a platform continues to form and expand, resulting from the accumulation of lava flows and fine particles from lava fragmentation.'' The OVPF teams are monitoring the platform's evolution through drone observations and regular on-site measurements. The platform had advanced approximately 129 meters into the ocean over a width of about 665 meters along the coastline by March 19th..''On the surface of the hardened areas, the temperature remains high, exceeding 100°C. A drone overflight conducted by the OVPF-IPGP and University of Reunion team on site around 10:00 AM on March 20th indicated upwellings of warm water offshore from the platform, suggesting the formation of underwater pillow lava flows.,Image: 1084961843, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Valerie Koch / Zuma Press / ContactoPhoto Editorial licence valid only for Spain and 3 MONTHS from the date of the image, then delete it from your archive. For non-editorial and non-licensed use, please contact EUROPA PRESS. leer menos