authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. the icelandic president tonight addressed the nation. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise again. together, we will deal with this shock, whatever may happen. we reported from grindavik back in nov
this follows a similar eruption in the same area last month this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland.
this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this is a bit surreal to watch your family - homejust disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. tonight, iceland s president addressed the nation. translation: today is| a black day for grindavik and a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise
Since 2021, weve began a sort of new volcanic area. People here are no strangers to earthquakes and eruptions, but this kind of potential destruction of peoples homes and livelihoods hasnt happened for half a century. Translation i think the point is that weve had quite a lot of experience in dealing with this, even though this is perhaps the most serious threat of Volcanic Eruptions in iceland since january 1973. The land of Fire And Ice is an endless display of natures awesome power. This time, whats playing out makes for an astounding but awful sight. Jessica parker, bbc news. Extraordinary pictures there. To america, where the president ial Election Process begins in earnest this monday with the republican caucuses
within a month and follows several others in recent years. before that, this part of iceland hadn t seen volcanic activity for 800 years. there was a period called the reykjanes fires, and that s when multiple fissures just opened up on the peninsula, kind of sporadically, and did pretty much what we re seeing today. and then, it went quiet for 800 years and then, it now seems, since 2021, we ve began a sort of new volcanic era. people here are no strangers to earthquakes and eruptions but this kind of potential destruction of people s homes and livelihoods hasn t happened for half a century. translation: i think the point is that we ve had quite a lot - of experience in dealing with this, even though this is perhaps the most serious threat of volcanic eruptions in iceland since january 1973. the land of fire and ice