Evacuees who have lost their homes to the volcanic erruption on Spain's Canary Islands express their sadness. "So many friends who have lost everything. They've been left with nothing, just like us, and they've left their whole lives over there," one woman says. The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted, spewing out lava, ash and a huge column of smoke after days of increased seismic activity and forcing the evacuation of around 5,000 local people. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES