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Helping People Who Can’t Help Themselves: The Volunteers Keeping Iceland Safe
In a second-floor room in a nondescript industrial building by Grindavík’s harbour—notable only for a handful of red and neon yellow emergency vehicles parked on the street—search and rescue workers plot their movements for the day. Small cracks in the calm facade…
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Crews Complete Meradalir Eruption Trail
Crews have created a trail that runs all the way to now-defunct Meradalir eruption site, making it much more accessible, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir, we’re having a…
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Volcanic Eruption First Of Many
As the volcanic eruption in Meradalur is ending, volcanologists are claiming this is just a taste of what is to come, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir, we’re having…
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PHOTO GALLERY: Birth And Death Of Meradalir
An eruption started in the valley called Meradalir on the Reykjanes Peninsula on the afternoon of August 3. Photographers, tourists, scientists, and the ever-present search and rescue volunteers rushed to the area, which is just downhill from last year’s Geldingadalir eruption. Starting…
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Daily Volcano Briefing: Eruption Has Virtually No Activity
Just two and a half weeks after the eruption at Meradalir started, the volcanic activity appears to have declined to levels that are virtually nonexistent. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir,…
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PHOTO GALLERY: Meradalir At Night
Art headed over to the volcano to shoot these beautiful pictures of Meradalir at night. If we hadn’t seen the moon ourselves that night, we would think it was photoshopped!
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Daily Volcano Briefing: Eruption Has Subsided To A Simmer
The volume of lava flow at Meradalir is less than one third of what it was when it started about two weeks ago, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir,…
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Daily Volcano Briefing: Eruption Trails Reopen, Hiking With Dogs
The Meradalir eruption trails, which were closed yesterday due to a yellow weather warning, reopened to visitors this morning, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir, we’re having a volcano…
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Daily Volcano Briefing: Eruption Closed Today Due To Yellow Weather Warning
Authorities have closed the trails to the Meradalir eruption today because of a yellow weather warning for high winds. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast episodes on Youtube, as well as the new eruption at Meradalir, we’re having a volcano themed giveaway!…
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PHOTO GALLERY: Meradalir At Twilight
The fissure at Meradalir has now formed a crater that continues to gush lava, filling up the valley. Authorities continue to monitor the so-called Meradalir pass, which, if the lava flows over it, would lead out of the valley and to the…
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As Record Number Of Tourists Visit Volcanoes, Authorities Warn Not To Walk On Lava
Tourists should not walk on freshly cooled lava when visiting the Meradalir eruption, authorities warn. It is nearly impossible for search and rescue workers to reach people if they get stuck on the lava because it is very sharp, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]The…