The Latest Breaking News from Azores

Warm air and sunshine is expected from Thursday with weather forecasters predicting temperatures of 20C ahead of the weekend, as other parts of the UK will see Arctic winds

Volcano experts warned on Tuesday that the earthquake-hit island of Sao Jorge in Portugal's Azores archipelago could experience an initial eruption similar to Spain's La Palma last year, which destroyed thousands of properties and crops over 85 days.

Island in the Azores could be evacuated

Velas, a municipality in the Sao Jorge Island, is the main town and has been the epicentre of more than 2,000 minor earthquakes alone since March 19.

The Foreign Office has changed its Portugal travel advice to warn Brits against heading to an island in the Azores that's been hit by over 1,100 earthquakes this week

Authorities on a mid-Atlantic Portuguese island hit by thousands of small earthquakes in recent days started evacuating people living at the bottom of coastal cliffs on Thursday as fears of a stronger tremor or a volcanic eruption grow.

Authorities on a mid-Atlantic Portuguese volcanic island hit by thousands of small earthquakes in recent days are drawing up plans to evacuate people in case the situation worsens.

Magnitude of the quakes ranged from 1.9 to 3.3, with 63 of them being felt by the local population

A series of multiple small earthquakes that have been rattling a mid-Atlantic Portuguese island for three days could trigger a stronger tremor or a volcanic eruption, experts said on Tuesday, as authorities urged people not to travel there.

Magnitude of the quakes ranged from 1.9 to 3.3, with 63 of them being felt by the local population

Around 1,100 small earthquakes have rattled one of Portugal's mid-Atlantic volcanic islands in less than 48 hours, prompting authorities to activate an emergency plan as experts assess what they have described as a "seismic crisis".