A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes.

Thousands of people in the Reykjanes Peninsula have been urged to limit their hot water and electricity use as the pipes could take days to fix.

There are concerns that other crucial pipelines close to the Svartsengi power station could be affected if the lava flow does not ease soon.

It is the third such eruption on the peninsula since December.

  • @EdibleFriend
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    4110 months ago

    I mean…im glad the country isn’t being destroyed by a volcano but after that headline finding out its because of busted water pipes is a little anticlimactic

    • Chainweasel
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      4710 months ago

      It’s Iceland in the dead of winter, it’s -11°C and the heat pipes are severed, it’s an actual emergency.

      • @EdibleFriend
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        910 months ago

        lol im not saying its not. I get why they declared this an emergency.

        • bean
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          -710 months ago

          Oh well we are sooo sorry it was l anticlimactic for you. I guess more deaths and destruction are deserved for your amusement. You doorknob.

          • @EdibleFriend
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            10 months ago

            Holy crap…calm your tits, its an obvious shitpost. Try not to go through life being this easily offended and you might find happiness :)

            • bean
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              10 months ago

              Maybe it’s that I don’t see the humor here. Real people are stuggling in a very cold winter. Disasters aren’t funny. Anticlimactic?? What the actual fuck?

              • @EdibleFriend
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                410 months ago

                And this is the part where I simply leave because you are just…not the kind of person I enjoy having in my life.

                Best of luck to you :)

    • @[email protected]
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      1410 months ago

      A lot of Iceland uses municipal hot water/heating, so this means that they may not be able to heat their houses properly. (although I don’t think its that bad currently)

    • @aksdb
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      510 months ago

      A volcano also happens to be anti-climatic.

    • athos77
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      The steam pipes provide electricity and heat. And the high temperature in Iceland today was 22°F, with a nighttime low of 15°F.

      • bean
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        410 months ago

        -5 to -10 Celsius