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Less than a month after a Volcano burst On Grindavik, the charming Icelandic city in the Southwest is faced with another heartbreaking natural disaster. The warning signs were similar - a multitude of small significant earthquakes that have been encountered with hot lava gallons in the sky, followed by huge clouds of black smoke. Having lived this exact moment a few weeks earlier, the Grindavik community was already in advance when the volcano broke out for the second time on Sunday.

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Local newspapers were doubled on January 14 "Black Day" for Iceland. According to Time , A 3,800 citizens were evacuated After the island began to tremble. The earthquakes that occur when volcanoes are present - and particularly active - are generally considered as a precursor of an eruption. Early Sunday morning, Grindavik was swimming almost in a sea of molten lava.

The Icelandic weather office said things started to degenerate when a 1,476 feet crack in the ground become a crack of 2,953 feet in a few hours. The molten lava believed out of the crack, engulfing the neighboring houses. Another crack measuring 328 feet broke out at noon. The two cracks remain active, but the amount of lava extraction has decreased, according to the office website. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Fortunately, No victim has been reported And other areas of the island have been deemed safe by the civil protection service of Iceland, according to the BBC. Flights are still coming out and leaving Keflavik International Airport as usual despite the smoked air. However, the roads entering Grindavik are closed, as is the spa and the destination for destination, the blue lagoon.

As for the time when Grindavik residents will be able to go home, this remains to be seen. Many houses and businesses have been destroyed by magma, and those who always stand have no more hot water or general heat due to pipe damage.

"We were told that there were cracks everywhere", " Sunna Jonina Siguroardottir , who lives in Grindavik, said in a radio program, according to the BBC. She added that even if the city may seem to recover on the surface, a large part of the damage can take years to discover.

"[The cracks] are deep in the soil and the effects are not necessarily visible on the surface up to a few years. At any time, something can yield and open," she explained.

Another premises said that Grindavik "could be finished" for good, and that residents should "start again, elsewhere".

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Once Grindavik will open civilians, scientific journalist and volcanologist Robin Andrews underlines that the city may not be habitable for several reasons . In response to the amount of lava that infiltrated Grindavik, Andrews at the BBC told, it is "almost the worst case".

Aside from burnt houses, air quality could potentially be "problematic" enough for immunocompromised people or who have pre -existing respiratory problems.

The exit notes that a volcanic eruption releases sulfur dioxide, which is "a harmful gas which is an irritant for the skin, the eyes, the nose and the throat".

"What can be said with certainty is that it is an extremely perilous and deleterious situation," added Andrews.

Thus, while the conditions have improved, it is not yet clear when - if ever - Grindavik will return to a kind of normality.

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