bits and pieces from the northern island.
The ash cloud that is spreading from Iceland might not be visible from the ground – skies were clear in many closed airports today – since it is moving at high altitudes. Anyhow, it is extremely dangerous for planes to fly through it. The cloud not only limits visibility, but can actually damage jet engines to … Read the full article →
The air traffic disruption caused by the ash cloud spreading from the Iceland eruption has worsened in the past hours. Due to strong winds, the high-altitude ash cloud is spreading towards south and east. Yesterday, as we wrote in the night, the cloud had reached Scotland already, leading to announcements of service disruption by many major … Read the full article →
A small update for all our readers. This evening, activity at the eruption’s location seems to have increased. While the huge floods had subsided today, the Civil Protection is continuously monitoring the water level of rivers and the situation at outlet glaciers around Eyjafjallajökull. Anyhow, right now, the most relevant updates concern the situation on … Read the full article →
Here is the map of the second eruption, with the first eruption shown on the right. I will keep the map updated with more precise locations and more icons to pinpoint other areas of interest, so bookmark this post. Click on the map’s icons to have an explanation of what they stand for. On a … Read the full article →
Many developments occurred in the last hours. There are news that the floods in the Markarfljót river are decreasing, and that no major damage was registered, for the time being, to the bridges along the Ring Road. Evacuation of the area began as early as 4 in the morning, local time. Inhabitants and workers in … Read the full article →
After it was announced in the past hours that the Fimmvörduháls eruption might have ended, today a new column of smoke was seen in a different area, further to the West and under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The volcanologist Haraldur Sigurdsson said that it is likely that the main crater at Eyjafjallajökull, the one responsible for … Read the full article →
After all the time spent retrieving information about the volcanic eruption at Fimmvörðuháls, last week we decided we wanted to take a look at what was going on personally, before volcanic activity subsided and before the expected nightmarish climax of Easter holidays’ crowds. We knew Reykjavik Excursions organized tours for the event, so we booked … Read the full article →
Leaving aside the fact that in the area of the eruption a new mountain is rising (but this is not so unusual in Iceland), not much has changed over the past days. Volcano activity in the Fimmvörduháls area is slowly increasing, but situation seems reasonably under control. In fact, roads have been opened for tourists, … Read the full article →