Another Iceland volcano set to erupt?
Scientists have warned that one of Iceland’s most feared volcanoes, Hekla, is showing signs that it could blow, raising fears of a new ash cloud crisis.
The Hekla volcano – once dubbed the Gateway to Hell – is close to Eyjafjoell, which erupted last year and sent out a cloud of ash which brought European air traffic to a halt, affecting more than 100,000 flights and 8 million passengers.
The Iceland Civil Protection Authority said it was closely monitoring the situation at Hekla.
"The movements around Hekla have been unusual in the last two to three days," said University of Iceland geophysicist Pall Einarsson told Iceland Review.
“While this might not necessarily mean an immediate blast, the volcano is ready to erupt."
But geophysicist Ari Trausit Gudmundsson told AFP that an eruption of Hekla is unlikely to impact flights.
He said it usually erupts with both lava and ash and if the next eruption is like previous ones, it is unlikely to cause any disruption.
Last month, the Puyehue volcano in Chile began erupting, with its ash plume twice disrupting flights in Australia and New Zealand over a period of weeks.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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