Lava movement over Grindavik street on the intersection to the Blue Lagoon, Iceland (supply: Icelandic Street Authority/ Vegagardin by way of Fb (https://www.fb.com/Vegagerdin))
Following earlier eruptions close to the Svartsengi geothermal plant and the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, new volcanic exercise is now seeing lava flowing in the direction of the services.
At 6:00 AM (native time) of the eighth of February 2024, a brand new volcanic eruption hit the Reykjanes peninsula within the Southwest of Iceland. Whereas a bit additional away from the fishing city of Grindavik that was hit by lava flows in January, the fissure opened now’s seeing lava flowing in the direction of the Blue Lagoon and the Svartsengi geothermal plant.
With the eruptions in December and January, work had been underway for a protecting wall being dug across the services at Svartsengi. The hope stays that it’ll not have a devastating impression on the services.
Nevertheless, native heating supplier HS Veitur has introduced that the movement of lava is now straight impacting an vital pipe offering warmth to the broader Reykjanes space. This consists of the town of Keflavik, Grindavik and neighbouring communities, and sure as effectively the worldwide airport.
It stays unclear on the repercussions that the volcanic exercise could have, however it’s clearly an impactful occasion for the native communities and Iceland as a complete. With the street to the Blue Lagoon on the Jap aspect being overflown by lava, the impact on native communities definitely is sort of profound. It should be seen how the partitions dug up to now will assist mitigate harm to the services, however entry clearly has been hampered.
For now although there may be hope that lava flowing from the fissure won’t final for a lot of days, just like the earlier fissure from December 2023. We’ll report extra particulars within the coming days.
