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There is a berm that got built around the north of the town but unfortunately the fissures go under the town. The initial eruption came across the barrier so a
by meheleventyone 3y ago
There is a berm that got built around the north of the town but unfortunately the fissures go under the town. The initial eruption came across the barrier so a lot of the lava has been diverted. The second eruption was inside the barrier so not a lot can be done. If you scroll down the linked page there’s a map of the flow and barriers.
There’s footage of them saving the machinery being used to build the barriers.
- fanf2 3y agoLook at this webcam feed overlooking Grindavík https://www.youtube.com/live/hvcP4kVVOnk https://www.youtube.com/live/hvcP4kVVOnk Go to about 11:58 on the timestamp in the bottom right corner, you will see the lava flowing along the berm (which is doing a good job of protecting a large building) while workers with bulldozers and diggers close the gap in the berm that the road goes through. The fissure close to the town opens up at about 12:20. The lava flowing behind the berm reaches the road at about 12:50.
- yownie 3y agofun lil video from a friend here of the evacuation of the heavy earth machinery that almost got swallowed up this morning by the flow. https://xn--lofll-1sat.is/@briansuda/111753899635044640 https://xn--lofll-1sat.is/@briansuda/111753899635044640
- sixothree 3y agoThank you