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I hope you are having a great weekend!

I visited Grindavík yesterday. The town is mostly empty at this time with many houses damaged by the recent earthquakes and volcanic activity in the area. It was quiet for 800 years, but has been active on and off the last few years.

I am saddened to see the state of the town. I always feel a fondness for Grindavík. My grandmother lived there with her parents and siblings and she always talked about how much she loved living there. Same applies to a member of the Vivaldi team, who had to leave town with his family when the eruptions started.

What has been wonderful to see and impressive is how people have worked together to deal with these events. Massive walls have been erected to keep the lava from entering town and the neighboring power plant and Blue Lagoon. When lava has flowed across roads, new roads have been built. When the parking lot at the Blue Lagoon got flooded with lava, a new one was quickly created.

You cannot control these massive forces, but in Iceland they have learned to at least impact them to reduce the damage. Impressive.

#grindavik est safe pour le moment. Les volcanologues sont très surpris à la fois du temps que l'éruption a mis pour démarrer (grosses séries de séismes vers 6h30 pour un top départ lava à 9h45) et de sa durée puisqu'elle est presque terminée. Cela paraît insensé, sachant que le magma contient près de 40 millions de mètre cube de lave.

Toutefois, on pense qu'il s'agit d'un prélude car le corridor souterrain où circule la lave fait 20km de long et est à une profondeur de 4-5km. C'est un record pour la région !

Le plus gros est à venir !

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Surprenamment, la première fissure ne s'agrandit plus depuis presque deux heures. Elle fait 700 m de long. On est donc loin des 3-5 km des précédentes. La seconde faille continue sur sa lancée, le tout à moins de 500m du quartier nord-est de Grindavik.

Les autorités envisagent le pire : une autre faille qui s'ouvre en pleine ville...

icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/new

mbl.is · Video shows the proximity to GrindavíkBy mbl.is