{"id":82820,"date":"2023-11-16T17:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/iceland-eruption-plans-under-way-to-stop-magma-flowing-towards-grindavik-homes-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T17:17:13","slug":"iceland-eruption-plans-under-way-to-stop-magma-flowing-towards-grindavik-homes-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/iceland-eruption-plans-under-way-to-stop-magma-flowing-towards-grindavik-homes-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland eruption: Plans under way to stop magma flowing towards Grindavik homes | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Icelandic authorities are working on a plan to protect the evacuated town of Grindavik from a volcanic eruption, Sky News has been told.<\/p>\n

Scientists currently believe the most likely site for magma to break through the surface is a short distance from the town, and it could flow towards houses.<\/p>\n

But Almannavarnir, the Icelandic civil defence, said earth walls could be built to divert a river of molten lava away from the town.<\/p>\n

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Jon Thor Viglundsson, from the authority, said the technique had been tested in recent eruptions elsewhere.<\/p>\n

“So this we will try,” he said. “You guide lava, you can’t stop it. You push up large amounts of earth. It’s the only way to make a funnel to turn lava away.”<\/p>\n

The magma is most likely to erupt between one and 1.5 miles northeast of the town, according to the Icelandic Met Office.<\/p>\n

But the high-risk zone is on a slope and exactly where the magma breaks through will determine whether the lava flows south towards the town or north towards a power station, where a defensive wall up to eight metres high is already being built.<\/p>\n

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Salome Jorunn Bernhardsdottir, a natural hazards specialist at the Met Office, told Sky News scientists were modelling different possibilities.<\/p>\n

“It’s highly dependent on the contours,” she said. “The flow could go north or south.<\/p>\n

“So, what teams have been doing is mapping out different scenarios, with different flow rates to see how effective barriers would be in diverting the flow.”<\/p>\n

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The magma is currently believed to be at a depth of around 500m along a nine-mile line that passes close to Grindavik.<\/p>\n

Dr Bernhardsdottir said the molten rock appears to be cooling and hardening in places.<\/p>\n

But magma continues to build up in the area where an eruption is most likely.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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