{"id":200478,"date":"2024-11-30T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/iceland-volcano-eruption-update-lava-approaches-iconic-blue-lagoon"},"modified":"2024-11-30T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T15:23:10","slug":"iceland-volcano-eruption-update-lava-approaches-iconic-blue-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/iceland-volcano-eruption-update-lava-approaches-iconic-blue-lagoon","title":{"rendered":"Iceland volcano eruption update: Lava approaches iconic Blue Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/iceland-volcano-eruption-update-lava-approaches-iconic-blue-lagoon2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the IMO warned that lava may still continue to flow beneath this solidified crust toward the protective barriers near the Blue Lagoon, though its advance has significantly slowed.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last week, the constant flow of the lava has gradually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iceland-volcano-update-lava-pushes-blue-lagoon-defense-1990751\" class=\"\">engulfed the tourist destination\u2019s car park<\/a> and continues to grow in size.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Lagoon was evacuated ahead of the lava\u2019s arrival, as were 50 homes in the town of Grindav\u00edk, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iceland-volcano-eruption-grindavik-lava-flow-map-august-1943431\" class=\"\">home to 3,800 residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>However, the IMO warned that lava may still continue to flow beneath this solidified crust toward the protective barriers near the Blue Lagoon, though its advance has significantly slowed. Over the last week, the constant flow of the lava has gradually engulfed the tourist destination\u2019s car park and continues to grow in size. The Blue [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}