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Fagradalsfjall Eruption: New Vent Steals Attention icelandmonitor.mbl.is - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from icelandmonitor.mbl.is Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Lava Flows Over Both Protective Walls Photo/Einar Falur Lava is now flowing over both protective walls that had been built near the eruption site by Fagradalsfjall mountain, Southwest Iceland, mbl.is reports. The walls had been built to slow down the lava flow, which is headed into Nátthagi valley. (See our earlier report here ). Should the lava continue flowing that way, it will eventually threaten a fiber optic cable for the Reykjanes peninsula and, finally, Suðurstrandarvegur road, which lies along the south coast of the peninsula. Ármann Höskuldsson, volcanologist at the University of Iceland, believes it will take a few weeks before Nátthagi valley fills up with lava, opening the way for the lava stream toward Suðurstrandarvegur road. ....
Danger Zone Could Be Expanded Today The eruption, seen from Reykjavík. mbl.is/Kristinn Magnússon Vala Hafstað Morgunblaðið reports. A meeting of scientists is being held this morning to discuss the next steps. Scientists at the Icelandic Met Office have calculated how fast and how far splashes of lava, coming from the crater, can be carried. They are between 5 and 15 cm (2-6 in) in diameter, and the magma jet from the crater reaches as high as 300 meters (990 ft) into the air. The scientists recommend the danger zone be defined as the area within a 500-meter radius from the eruption. ....