A volcano erupted in Iceland Monday evening round 10:17 p.m., about two miles from the fishing village of Grindavík. Cameras captured the second the lava broke by way of the bottom.
Byrjunin á eldgosinu á vefmyndavél RÚV yfir Grindavík
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— Birkir (@birkirh) December 18, 2023
Police have declared a state of emergency as lava flowed by way of the Reykjanes Peninsula, per NBC. Vacationer spots have been closed.
Greater than 3,400 folks in Grindavík had been evacuated final month after a number of earthquakes led to roads cracking and emitting plumes of steam.
Stunning image of the erupting fissure. It seems to be like the three,5 km fissure is on a northern sloping space thus the lava is flowing in direction of the north, which is sweet information for the folks of Grindavík. #icelandvolcano ?Almannavarnir pic.twitter.com/8HquScvdpn
— Lava Centre (@LavaCentre) December 19, 2023
The lava stream has decreased as of Tuesday morning, however the occasion is ongoing, per authorities.
“It may be over in per week, or it may take fairly a bit longer,” scientist Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson advised Euronews.
Iceland’s fundamental worldwide airport, Reykjavík–Keflavík, stays open.
UPDATE: After the Iceland eruption made a daring entrance, the speed has slowed with the best exercise centered close to the northern finish of the fissure (away from Grindavik), in line with @Vedurstofan. HOWEVER, this does not imply the eruption is over but.https://t.co/yzFNGfSzXT
— Maya Wei-Haas, Ph.D. (@WeiPoints) December 19, 2023
“This isn’t a vacationer attraction and you have to watch it from a terrific distance,” Vidir Reynisson, head of Iceland’s Civil Safety and Emergency Administration, advised nationwide broadcaster RUV.
My first close-up photographs of the brand new eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula which started a number of hours in the past (December nineteenth, 2023).
© Hörður Kristleifsson – @h0rdur pic.twitter.com/1Ue3b2B1kO
— Hörður Kristleifsson (@h0rdur) December 19, 2023
