1/ Update on the management approaches of the Geldingadalur lava flow as it heads south.
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2/ It has been decided not to try to stop the lava flow from covering the coastal road to the south (called Suðurstrandarvegur).
The flow is expected to leave the southern end of Nátthagi within a week & reach the road around two weeks after that.
3/ The main reasons given are lack of time, cost & the fact that the likely long term nature of this eruption means that anything they did would just be temporary anyway.
4/ The socio-economic impacts of this flow reaching the sea are limited. One farm house will be destroyed, along with the main coastal road.
5/ The bigger long term concern remains a move of the lava flow west of Nátthagi valley. From here, there are routes to the town of Grindavik.
So berm construction continues there to try to divert the lava into Nátthagi.
6/ Close up of berm construction
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