{"id":59804,"date":"2024-01-14T12:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=59804"},"modified":"2024-01-14T17:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T12:39:04","slug":"volcano-erupts-in-southwest-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/volcano-erupts-in-southwest-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcano erupts in southwest Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"printable-area shareable\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2441326\/world\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen109681369_148=\"131658\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen109681369_148=\"131658\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time109681369_148=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired109681369_148=\"1\">COPENHAGEN: A volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Sunday, the country\u2019s meteorological office said, making it the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021.<br \/>\nA coast guard helicopter has been sent to assess the situation and the exact location, the Civil Protection agency said.<br \/>\nThe eruption began north of the fishing town of Grindavik but it was still not clear exactly where the lava was emerging from or in which direction it was flowing, said broadcaster RUV.<br \/>\nThe last eruption on the peninsula started in the Svartsengi volcanic system on Dec. 18 following the complete evacuation of the town of Grindavik\u2019s 4,000 inhabitants and the closing of the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, a popular tourist spot.<br \/>\nGrindavik was ultimately spared as the lava flowed in a different direction from the town.<br \/>\nLying between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, two of the largest on the planet, Iceland is a seismic and volcanic hot spot as the two plates move in opposite directions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-shares-wrapper\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COPENHAGEN: A volcano in southwest Iceland erupted on Sunday, the country\u2019s meteorological office said, making it the fifth eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula since 2021. A coast guard helicopter has been sent to assess the situation and the exact location, the Civil Protection agency said. The eruption began north of the fishing town of Grindavik &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":59808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59812,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59804\/revisions\/59812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}