TMT construction begins Monday 15 July

[TomK]

Thanks, randomq. The eruption is on the south side of the island on a different volcano than the observatories, so they are not at risk. The Spanish government took precautions starting a week ago as they had been told to expect an eruption by geologists, so much of the affected population had already been alerted and evacuated. From what I've read, it was a pretty efficient operation.