HE icelandic volcano Having restarted its lava emission this Sunday, this volcano (after erupting on December 18) now threatens to bury the city of Grindavik, and in fact the volcanic fluid has already destroyed many houses and buildings it found in its path. The Icelandic Meteorological Office warned that “Lava is now flowing towards the city.”
Although in the beginning 1,500 residents of this city Those who were able to return to their homes after being evacuated in the first explosion returned in the face of a serious danger that the magma coming out of the cracks would flood and devastate the entire city center. opened on the ground.
This eruption was smaller than the December eruption, but the magma it expelled appears to have breached the established containment barriers. Located only 450 meters from the first houses From the north of Iceland town.
Magma rose to the surface through two different fissures, one near the city of Grindavik and the other at the point where the containment dikes were located. The evolution of the explosion is unclear. According to experts, security devices are on maximum alert.
As desperation spreads among the residents of the region, this explosion is no longer a tourist attraction but a serious threat to both the real estate and infrastructure of the region and the lives of the residents.
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