Iceland: Rivers of lava after the volcano’s new eruption – Breathing Images

For the fourth time since December Reykianas exploded again placing its state agencies on alert. Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon, as well as the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated after a volcano explosion, according to Iceland’s RÚV broadcaster. The authorities are now afraid that lava will “abuse” the city of Grindavik. The new eruption of the volcano is particularly strong, while video with lava flowing rapidly towards the city of Grindavik are doing the internet round. This time the volcano verb is about 3 km long and about 3.5 km wide reports CNN. The current explosion has caused greater and stronger seismic activity, Geophysical Magnús Tumi Gudmundsson told RUV. “Based on the speed of lava flow”, Guðmundsson estimated it would not be long before it reached the road. Blue Lagoon was evacuated Just an hour from Iceland’s capital and the largest town of Reykjavik, Blue Lagoon one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions was evacuated. The site is part of the Reykians Peninsula of southwest Iceland and was evacuated a few days ago due to seismic activity. Video from another angle showing the beginning of the , seen from a webcam in The video is at five times the speed. — Shadab Javed (@JShadab1) In November, it closed again for a week after there were 1,400 earthquakes in 24 hours.