Grindavik – Traffic on the Grindavíkurvegur road in Iceland is temporarily at a standstill again after the volcanic eruption. On Saturday evening, the earth in southwest Iceland breathed fire for the fourth time in four months.
Lava poured out of the fissure in Iceland, which was initially around 3.5 kilometers long. The electricity threatened a district heating pipeline and an important road to the coastal town of Grindavík on Sunday: Grindavíkurvegur 43.
The lava from the volcano simply overflowed the road in Iceland
Photo: Marco di Marco/AP
How dangerous is this volcano?
The last outbreak was only five weeks ago. Another eruption was reported for the volcano on Saturday evening – according to experts, the most powerful so far. The lava crawled forward at around 20 meters per hour and reached the main road – according to the latest information, the district heating pipe was spared.
The eruption had been announced and experts counted around 80 tremors
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Alarm also between Stora Skogfell and Hagafell on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Live video images showed glowing lava pouring out of a fissure and smoke rising. The police declared a state of emergency.
Last stop lava! Nobody can get through this road in Iceland anymore
Photo: Marco di Marco/dpa
Evacuation due to volcanic eruption
The Blue Lagoon tourist attraction, where 700 people were gathered Saturday evening, was immediately evacuated. A few hundred residents who had since returned to Grindavík were also taken out of town for safety reasons.
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It was only at the beginning of February that the road in the area of the intersection with the Bláalónsvegur T426 was overflowed with lava after a volcanic eruption and was thus destroyed there.
Rescue workers complained about curious tourists
Photo: Marco di Marco/dpa
Authorities flew surveillance flights over the area. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said early Sunday morning that the lava continued to flow south and southeast at an estimated speed of one kilometer per hour
Photo: HANDOUT/AFP
Since the end of February, the road has been accessible again on a new route to the Blue Lagoon. The course lies east and crosses the new lava and the protective wall. The new route of the Bláalónsvegur is now within the protective wall.
The eruption had been announced; experts counted around 80 earthquakes. According to initial evaluations of aerial photos, it is assumed that the eruption is the strongest to date.
The earth is burning in Iceland
It is possible that it will reach the sea. Some of the lava flows towards the protective barriers for the coastal town of Grindavík, which was evacuated in November. By midnight the lava was only 200 meters from the dam
Foto: Public Safety Department of the National Police/via REUTERS
The volcano erupted for the first time on December 18th and for the second time on January 14th. The lava had hit three houses on the northern outskirts of the 4,000-inhabitant town of Grindavík. A third, smaller eruption was recorded on February 8th
Photo: Uncredited/dpa
The future of the community is uncertain. The government has already presented a draft law that would allow residents to sell their residential property to a state-owned company
Photo: HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP
The length of the crack in the earth: 3.5 kilometers!
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The photographer Hörður Kristleifsson and the broadcaster RUV News Iceland share impressive photos of the volcanic eruptions on Instagram.
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Volcano also threatens Europe
The volcano in Iceland is currently not the only volcano that is causing concern. Vesuvius near Naples (Italy) could also erupt.
Fascination with volcanoes Glowing danger from the earth
Quelle: Reuters, Anadolu Agency,USGS, INGV, BPPTKG, Picture Alliance, BILD17.03.2024