05-30-2024, 01:31 AM
Just keeping the chronicle, so to speak, about this volcano in Iceland and it's continuing activity...
From FoxWeather.com: Lava reaches defense walls outside Grindavik after Iceland volcano roars back to life in powerful eruption
Subtitled: According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), lava was blasted more than 160 feet into the air from a massive fissure that opened when the eruption began, which has since grown to more than 2.1 miles long.
GRINDAVIK, Iceland – Thousands of residents of the evacuated seaside town of Grindavík in Iceland are holding their breath after a volcano outside the town roared back to life Wednesday in the most powerful eruption since December.
The latest eruption, the fifth since the end of 2023, began Wednesday afternoon after the region in southwest Iceland experienced hundreds of earthquakes over the past several days.
I feel for the people who have to fear how badly this can go. There was a moment or two where it seemed to be abating... but now it definitely isn't.
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Lava has also been flowing rapidly toward communications towers owned by the U.S. Navy outside of Grindavik. RÚV said officials are hopeful that the defense walls will hold and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation.
Iceland’s popular tourist destination Blue Lagoon was also evacuated due to growing fears of a new eruption amid intense seismic activity.
From FoxWeather.com: Lava reaches defense walls outside Grindavik after Iceland volcano roars back to life in powerful eruption
Subtitled: According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), lava was blasted more than 160 feet into the air from a massive fissure that opened when the eruption began, which has since grown to more than 2.1 miles long.
GRINDAVIK, Iceland – Thousands of residents of the evacuated seaside town of Grindavík in Iceland are holding their breath after a volcano outside the town roared back to life Wednesday in the most powerful eruption since December.
The latest eruption, the fifth since the end of 2023, began Wednesday afternoon after the region in southwest Iceland experienced hundreds of earthquakes over the past several days.
I feel for the people who have to fear how badly this can go. There was a moment or two where it seemed to be abating... but now it definitely isn't.
Lava has also been flowing rapidly toward communications towers owned by the U.S. Navy outside of Grindavik. RÚV said officials are hopeful that the defense walls will hold and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation.
Iceland’s popular tourist destination Blue Lagoon was also evacuated due to growing fears of a new eruption amid intense seismic activity.
