COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A glacial flood in southern Iceland inundated a hoop highway on Saturday, inflicting a piece at one finish of the close by bridge to provide approach and tear aside, the nation’s meteorological workplace mentioned in an announcement.
“It is clear that it is an unusually large flood,” the Met Workplace mentioned. There have been no stories of accidents.
Aerial footage from the nation’s coast guard on public broadcaster RUV confirmed an enormous flat space of uninhabited land lined by muddy water, whereas one other video confirmed a torrent dashing beneath the bridge on the freeway.
The highway stretching from the coastal city of Vik south of the Myrdalsjokull glacier to the city of Kirkjubaejarklaustur, some 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) additional east, was closed because of the flood, in response to the Icelandic Highway Administration’s web site.
It was not but clear when the flood would attain its peak, the Met Workplace mentioned.
