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 via the bottom.
Byrjunin á eldgosinu á vefmyndavél RÚV yfir Grindavík
0:13 pic.twitter.com/Jx3icbxuxx
— 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 folks in Grindavík have 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 to be like like the three,5 km fissure is on a northern sloping space thus the lava is flowing in direction of the north, which is nice information for the folks 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 might take fairly a bit longer,” scientist Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson informed Euronews.
Iceland’s major worldwide airport, Reykjavík–Keflavík, stays open.
UPDATE: After the Iceland eruption made a daring entrance, the speed has slowed with the best exercise targeted close to the northern finish of the fissure (away from Grindavik), in accordance 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 an amazing distance,” Vidir Reynisson, head of Iceland’s Civil Safety and Emergency Administration, informed 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
