Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano continues to spew lava as engineers work to divert the flow from a power plant. The Icelandic Meteorological Office estimates that hundreds of cubic meters of lava per second flowed from the volcano in the first two hours of the Dec. 18 eruption near the town of Grindavik. Pall Halldor Halldorsson of the search and rescue team said the eruption had slowed from 400 cubic meters per second on Monday to just 10 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, residents of the small fishing village of Grindavik will be able to return home after the evacuation that began on November 10 following the swarm of earthquakes, which was followed by Monday’s eruption. The regional police chief announced that residents, business people and employees will be able to enter Grindavik from Saturday and will be able to stay overnight. The eruption stopped on Thursday, but scientists warned that pressure could begin to build again far below the volcano. The lava flow spread over an area of 3.7 square kilometers on the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Reykjavik. The area known as the Svartsengi volcano remained dormant for approximately 780 years.
Source: IL Tempo
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