{"id":72707,"date":"2024-03-18T20:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/iceland-volcano-still-pouring-out-fountains-of-lava-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T20:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:10:07","slug":"iceland-volcano-still-pouring-out-fountains-of-lava-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/iceland-volcano-still-pouring-out-fountains-of-lava-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland volcano still pouring out fountains of lava | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A volcano in Iceland that erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December was still spewing smoke and bright orange lava into the air early on Monday although infrastructure and a nearby fishing town were safe for now, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The eruption was the seventh on the Reykjanes peninsula near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik since 2021 when geological systems that had lain dormant for around 800 years again became active.<\/p>\n

Man-made barriers\u00a0have been successful in steering the lava away from infrastructure including the Svartsengi geothermal power plant and Grindavik, a fishing town of some 4,000 residents.<\/p>\n

Footage from public broadcaster RUV showed lava flowing a few hundred metres from the town which was evacuated during an eruption in November and again during another one in February.<\/p>\n

“The defences at Grindavik proved their value … they have guided the lava flow in the intended direction,” local utility HS Orka said, adding that infrastructure running to the Svartsengi power plant was intact.<\/p>\n

Magma had been accumulating underground since the last eruption in February, prompting authorities to warn of an imminent eruption.<\/p>\n

The warning time late on Saturday was only 15 minutes before fountains of molten rock began soaring from a 3km-long (1.9 mile) fissure, roughly the same size and at the same place as the\u00a0eruption in February.<\/p>\n

Lava flows continued at a steady pace on Monday, and it was too early to project when it would end, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland, told RUV.<\/p>\n

“It was surprisingly stable overnight and certainly majestic, but is still only between 2-5% of what it was at the beginning,” he said.<\/p>\n

The February eruption lasted less than two days while volcanic\u00a0activity continued for six months<\/a>\u00a0at a nearby system in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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