The Spanish government is to approve financial support worth €206 million to help the island of La Palma recover from the current volcanic eruption, the country's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
"Next Tuesday, the Council of Ministers will approve a package of very powerful measures," Mr Sanchez told a news conference during a visit to La Palma, as the volcano on the island continues to spew red-hot lava and thick clouds of black smoke.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano began its fiery eruption on 19 September and has destroyed more than 800 buildings.
About 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes on the island, which has a population of about 83,000 and is one of an archipelago making up the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.
Authorities have advised people to limit time outdoors in parts of La Palma but emergency services lifted a stay-home order that had been in effect in Los Llanos de Aridane, El Paso and areas of Tazacorte, places near the volcano that had been affected by poor air quality.
"In response to the improvement in air quality measurements in the area, the lockdown in Tazacorte, El Paso and Los Llanos de Aridane will be lifted," the services said in a statement.
They advised people to continue to avoid spending a "prolonged amount of time" outside, and said vulnerable groups including children and the elderly should remain indoors.
