Deflection Dams May Be Built to Divert Lava from Roadway! Volcano at night

New footage of the volcano in the night on . Breaking news “Deflection Dams May Be Built to Divert Lava from Roadway By Larissa Kyzer, August 12, 2022 The Department of Civil Protection will likely build deflecting dams to prevent lava from flowing onto Rte. 427, RÚV reports. Also called Suðurstrandavegur, this road runs along the south coast of the Reykjanes peninsula between the municipalities of Grindavík and Ölfus. Lava has yet to start flowing out of the Meradalir valley, but scientists say it’s just a matter of time. At time of writing, the lava around the low-lying mountain pass called Meradalaskarð had reached a height of eight metres [26 ft]. Should it rise a mere metre or so higher, however, it will overflow the valley. On Wednesday, scientists estimated that this could happen over the course of a few hours, but so far, the lava level has been rising slower than anticipated. “The lava’s been flowing in other directions since we got th