Met workplace reports eruption does not ‘present a danger to life’, and Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport states flights untouched.
Published On 23 Aug 2024
A volcano in southwestern Iceland has appeared for the 6th time giventhat December, according to the nation’s meteorological workplace.
The eruption began at 9: 26pm (21: 26 GMT) on Thursday, with live video images revealing red lava gushing out of a brand-new crack on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the Icelandic Meteorological Office stated.
The overall length of the crack was about 3.9km (2.4 miles) and had extended by 1.5km (0.93 miles) in about 40 minutes, stated the fulfilled workplace in a declaration.
Iceland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs stated the eruption did not “present a risk to life” and that the neighboring location hadactually been left. “The effect is restricted to a localized location near the eruption website,” it published on social media platform X.
Regional cops chief Ulfar Ludviksson informed Icelandic media that the evacuation of the neighboring fishing town of Grindavik was going well, including that 22 or 23 homes were presently inhabited.
Most of Grindavik’s 4,000 locals had left in November, previous to an eruption in December, and while citizens have because been enabled to return in inbetween eruptions, just a coupleof have chose to stay overnight.
Iceland’s nationwide airport and air navigation service company Isavia stated in a declaration that flights to and from the nation were “operating typically regardlessof the continuous eruption”.
The Blue Lagoon high-end geothermal medicalspa and hotel stated it had shut down and left its visitors.
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