A volcano erupted in Iceland Monday night time round 10:17 p.m., about two miles from the fishing village of Grindavík. Cameras captured the second the lava broke via 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 via the Reykjanes Peninsula, per NBC. Vacationer spots have been closed.
Greater than 3,400 individuals in Grindavík had been evacuated final month after a number of earthquakes led to roads cracking and emitting plumes of steam.
Lovely image of the erupting fissure. It appears 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 individuals of Grindavík. #icelandvolcano ?Almannavarnir pic.twitter.com/8HquScvdpn
— Lava Centre (@LavaCentre) December 19, 2023
The lava move has decreased as of Tuesday morning, however the occasion is ongoing, per authorities.
“It may be over in every week, or it may take fairly a bit longer,” scientist Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson instructed Euronews.
Iceland’s foremost 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 need to watch it from an important distance,” Vidir Reynisson, head of Iceland’s Civil Safety and Emergency Administration, instructed nationwide broadcaster RUV.
My first close-up pictures of the brand new eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula which started a couple of hours in the past (December nineteenth, 2023).
© Hörður Kristleifsson – @h0rdur pic.twitter.com/1Ue3b2B1kO
— Hörður Kristleifsson (@h0rdur) December 19, 2023
