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Posted on 08/19/2014 8:05:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Iceland on Tuesday began evacuating areas close to its largest volcano after warnings of a possible eruption, four years after millions of air travellers were grounded by a huge ash cloud from another peak.
Scientists believe the ash from an eruption at Bardarbunga, a huge volcano under Iceland's largest glacier, the Vatnajokull in the south of the country, could disrupt transatlantic and northern European air traffic.
They also fear floods from melting ice could cause serious damage to the country's infrastructure.
On Tuesday, police announced that they had "decided to close and evacuate the area north of Vatnajokull as a result of seismic activity on the Bardarbunga".
It is not known how many people have been moved as the area is remote, but emergency services in Iceland have been placed on "alert".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
If you had to evacuate the parts of Iceland that’s near a volcano, wouldn’t you essentially need to evacuate the entire country? lol
It’ll actually cause temperature declines, since we’ve been flat for global temperatures since 2000.
The light dust and sulfates would reflect sunlight back into space.
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