Yesterday (16-June-2015) a small glacier flood started in Skaft\u00e1rkatlar cauldrons in Vatnaj\u00f6kull glacier. The glacier flood can go up to 900m\u00b3\/sec at its largest. The main risk from this glacier flood are the gases released into the air once the glacier water gets into the river, it is the advised that people stay away from the glacier rivers called Skaft\u00e1, it is also advised that people stay away from the edges of the glaciers named Skaft\u00e1rj\u00f6kull glacier, Tung\u00e1rj\u00f6kuls and S\u00ed\u00f0uj\u00f6kuls. It is unclear how big this glacier flood is going to be and from what cauldron is emptying, there is a good chance the cauldron that is emptying is the western one, since the eastern one empted last year and does not hold a lot of water at the moment.<\/p>\n
Following this type of glacier flood a peak of harmonic tremor is detected from the cauldron that is emptying, it is thought that this is due to the hydrothermal vents (hot springs) that power those cauldrons start to boil when the pressure is released. There is a small chance eruption taking place in this area due to glacier flood when the pressure of the water is released, this is a chance<\/em>, but it remains a small one. Skaft\u00e1rhlaup l\u00edklega hafi\u00f0<\/a> (R\u00fav.is, Icelandic, Map) Donations<\/strong><\/p>\n Please remember to support my work with donations or by using Amazon. Thanks for the support.<\/p>\n Article updated at 21:52 UTC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday (16-June-2015) a small glacier flood started in Skaft\u00e1rkatlar cauldrons in Vatnaj\u00f6kull glacier. The glacier flood can go up to 900m\u00b3\/sec at its largest. The main risk from this glacier flood are the gases released into the air once the glacier water gets into the river, it is the advised that people stay away from … <\/p>\n
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\nL\u00edti\u00f0 Skaft\u00ad\u00e1r\u00adhlaup l\u00edk\u00adlega hafi\u00f0<\/a> (Mbl.is, Icelandic)
\nSkaft\u00e1rhlaup mj\u00f6g l\u00edklega hafi\u00f0<\/a> (V\u00edsir.is, Icelandic, image)<\/p>\n