The Volcanic eruption in Iceland It ended this week, but the consequences are still visible. The authorities warned this Restoring heating and hot water supplies in the southwest of the country could take “several days” in sub-zero temperatures.
Nearly 28,000 homes have been affected in the region, where the temperature dropped to -7°C at night and hovered around -3°C during the day.
The island’s civil defense service reported that although power was restored on Friday, “a bypass pipe ruptured” that same night.
The facility added that it is currently “impossible to carry out repairs” because it is located in the middle of the magma flow, “at the point where it is thickest.”
Civil protection authorities and an energy company want to lay a new 600-meter-long pipeline, but estimate that “it will take several days.”
numerous residents They rushed to buy electric heaters on Thursday, causing power outages in several cities due to overheating of the distribution system.