People watch lava erupt. The authorities wanted people to stay away from the scene. Credit: KRISTINN MAGNUSSON
Icelandic police have restricted access to the volcano, which has been spewing «life-threatening toxic gases» since it began erupting on Monday, according to the civil protection department. and the Office of Emergency Management.
Residents of the Reykjanes Peninsula were urged to sleep with windows closed and turn off ventilation, the department said in a statement.
“Police, following advice from scientists, have decided to limit access to the eruption site from due to huge and life-threatening pollution by toxic gases,” the department said in a statement.
“In the coming hours, it is very likely that gas will accumulate around the eruption site due to light winds. Those who have already undertaken a hike to the site of the eruption or are already there are strongly advised to leave the area, ”the message says. .jpg» /> Smoke rising from the lava during the eruption of Litli Hrutur Volcano. Photo: JEREMIE RICHARD «It can take a long time»
The footage from the eruption shows that the fissure has greatly reduced and the lava flow has stopped, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the Icelandic of the university, told the Icelandic national broadcaster RUV.
«It won't be big, but it can last a long time. We don't see a continuation of what we saw in the first hours,» he said.
The 2021 eruption in the same area produced spectacular lava flows over the course of several months, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to see the spectacular spectacle.
Located above a volcano hotspot in the North Atlantic, Iceland erupts on average every four five years.
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