Europe News: Icelandic authorities have downgraded the threat level of the volcanic system but continue to warn of potential further eruptions. The ongoing rise of
Those residents have started to come back to their homes. once it was declared safe. but now, this has put a spanner in the works. it is the fifth eruption that scientists obscene in the reykjanes peninsula in the past three years. they had started to monitor the increase in seismic activities back in november and they are going to have to do continue to do that now so there is real concern. i mean, it was a shocking and surprising christmas for people living in the area back in december and this will be a pretty surprising start to the new year as well. pretty surprising start to the new year as well- pretty surprising start to the new year as well. megan, let s go live to recce bit year as well. megan, let s go live to recce bit now. live now to reykjavik where we can speak to hallgrimur indredason, a journalist at iceland s public broadcaster, ruv. thank you very much forjoining us. just tell us the alert went out at 3am in the morning there? yes. 3am in the morning there? yes,
At iceland s public broadcaster, ruv. he told me more about this latest eruption. well, compared to the one in december, it s not as big as that. that one was unusually powerful, the most powerful that had taken place since then. but what is maybe more serious is the location. this is closer to to grindavik. and the fissure that formed, it went through the fortification that had been built, and they have been building these last few weeks, which was to prevent lava from running, from flowing towards grindavik. but then since part of the fissure is already inside the fortifications, and lava is flowing towards grindavik, then that is a pretty serious situation. yes. so is the concern now that that lava could actually enter into grindavik, and go over houses basically there, damage them? yeah. the geologist, one of the geologists of the icelandic meteorological
Tourists. a little earlier. i spoke to. hallgrimur indrioason is a journalist at iceland s public broadcaster, ruv. he told me more about this latest eruption. well, compared to the one in december, it s not as big as that. that one was unusually powerful, the most powerful that had taken place since then. but what is maybe more serious is the location. this is closer to to grindavik. and the fissure that formed, it went through the fortification that had been built, and they have been building these last few weeks, which was to prevent lava from running, from flowing towards grindavik. but then since part of the fissure is already inside the fortifications, and lava is flowing