What was a four kilometer long eruption area has now been reduced to two points where lava flows out onto the surface. This is reported by the Icelandic scientists monitoring the outbreak. On Wednesday morning, news’s reporters in Iceland sense a strong smell of sulfur in the capital Reykjavík, which is around 50 kilometers from the eruption. No danger warning has been issued, but the Icelandic authorities have previously warned that dangerous gases may arise in certain situations after volcanic eruptions. Threatening infrastructure The researchers have tried to calculate where the lava will flow in the terrain over the next few days. It is clear that the main road from Reykjavík to the town of Grindavik is under threat. – The simulation shows that if this goes on for a long time, we have to look at the Grindavik road, the heat pipeline to Reykjaneset and the energy lines, says engineer Hörn Hrafnsdóttir to RUV. INFRASTRUCTURE: The black area near the center of the image shows the area that has so far been taken over by lava. The different lines show infrastructure. Green lines are roads, the red are district heating pipes, the white are protective walls, the yellow are power lines. Photo: RUV But the model is based on limited measurements due to the weather conditions, she says. – Any floating point numbers we use are still just guesses from those who have been there and seen. The Meteorological Institute and the Civil Defense will investigate the outbreak area on Wednesday morning. The eruption occurred not far from one of the main roads in Iceland. Photo: Tomas Bekkavik Not towards Grindavik The good news in the analysis is that the lava will not reach the small town of Grindavik. That is, if the outbreak area does not change. If fissures open closer to Grindavik, lava can also threaten the town. On the Meteorological Institute’s new hazard assessment map, the danger has increased significantly in all areas that were defined on the older hazard assessment map. The card is valid until 28 December. The risk in and in the immediate vicinity of Grindavík is assessed as high, and in the fissure area where the eruption occurred the risk is very high. Photo: Vedursofa Iceland The analysis suggests that the lava will reach the main road between Reykjavík and Grindavik late in the evening on Christmas Day. FLOWS TOWARDS THE ROAD: The analysis of the lava flows in Iceland suggests that the main road will be hit around midnight on Christmas Eve. Photo: Civil Defense in Iceland Late on Monday evening it finally happened. A volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, just north of Grindavik, southwest Iceland. It happened a short hour after a series of earthquakes hit the peninsula. The eruption started in the Hagafell area. The fissure from which the lava flowed was around 4 kilometers long. SOMETHING NEW IN ICELAND: Thermal image taken before and after the eruption. The bright spot in the image on the right is hot lava on the surface. Photo: NASA
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