{"id":82917,"date":"2023-11-17T18:06:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/iceland-grindavik-powerless-against-immense-forces-of-nature-as-volcano-threatens-to-erupt-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:06:30","slug":"iceland-grindavik-powerless-against-immense-forces-of-nature-as-volcano-threatens-to-erupt-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/iceland-grindavik-powerless-against-immense-forces-of-nature-as-volcano-threatens-to-erupt-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland: Grindavik powerless against immense forces of nature as volcano threatens to erupt | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flying with the Icelandic coast guard low over Grindavik’s deserted streets, we followed the gash that has ripped the town apart.<\/p>\n

It zig-zags across gardens, car parks and streets, through houses and the sports centre.<\/p>\n

Iceland volcano live updates<\/strong><\/p>\n

A crack in the earth that stretches for nine miles across the Reykjanes Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Steam still rises from hot water pipes that have been shattered by the shifting ground.<\/p>\n

And in the most dangerous red zone an entire neighbourhood has slumped by almost a metre, undermined by the molten magma building up beneath.<\/p>\n

We tracked the fault line north-east, a clear ridge in a sea of lava from volcanic activity long ago.<\/p>\n

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About a mile out of town is the area where scientists now believe a new eruption is most likely.<\/p>\n

You wouldn’t know it on the surface, but this is where molten rock is still rising from deep within the Earth and the magma tunnel – or dyke as volcanologists call it – is at its widest.<\/p>\n

Nearby, dozens of diggers, bulldozers and trucks are ripping up rock and earth to form a wall eight metres high.<\/p>\n

The authorities hope it will be strong enough to protect a power station from a river of lava, and keep the heat and lights on for 35,000 homes.<\/p>\n

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Inside the exclusion zone in Grindavik
How big could the volcano eruption be?
What is happening under the surface in Iceland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This area of Iceland hadn’t had any eruptions for 800 years. But in 2021 the Fagradalsfjall volcano, about five miles from Grindavik, burst into life.<\/p>\n

Two more eruptions followed, the most recent this summer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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We hovered just a few metres over the craters, where so recently molten rock had spewed into the air.<\/p>\n

On the slopes of the most recent eruption, lava is still cooling and smoke rising into the chilly winter air.<\/p>\n

It’s a reminder of how dynamic Iceland’s landscape is, shaped by volcanic activity.<\/p>\n

And a reminder too of how powerless the people of Grindavik are against the immense forces of nature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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