No disruptions to Iceland’s major airport after volcano erupts again near capital | 24CA News

A volcano in southwestern Iceland started erupting on Monday, the nation’s meteorological authorities mentioned, 11 months after its final eruption formally ended.

The eruption is in an uninhabited valley close to the mountain Litli-Hrutur, some 30 kilometres southwest of the capital, Reykjavik.

The space, recognized broadly as Fagradalsfjall volcano, has erupted twice within the final two years with out inflicting injury or disruptions to flights, regardless of being close to Keflavik Airport, Iceland’s worldwide air site visitors hub.

The airport remained open on Monday and no flights had been affected.

“The lava fissure appears small at first sight,” tv reporter Kristjan Unnarsson, who was aboard a helicopter about an hour after the eruption started Monday afternoon, advised viewers.

Authorities urged folks to not trek to the volcano.

“It is not a little hike,” Kristin Gudmundsdottir, a pure hazard specialist on the Met Office, advised The Associated Press. “We need to wait and see how the eruption develops.”

A 2021 eruption in the identical space produced spectacular lava flows for a number of months. Hundreds of 1000’s of individuals flocked to see the spectacular sight.

Iceland, which sits above a volcanic scorching spot within the North Atlantic, averages an eruption each 4 to 5 years.

The most disruptive in current instances was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed big clouds of ash into the ambiance and led to widespread airspace closures over Europe.

More than 100,000 flights had been grounded, stranding thousands and thousands of worldwide travellers and inflicting air journey delays for days due to considerations the ash might injury jet engines.