The I-spa yeBlue Lagoon in Ayisilend, edume ngamachibi aphantsi komhlaba, ivalile okwethutyana emva kweenyikima ezininzi ezibangele ukuba iindwendwe zimke kulo mmandla.
Ukuvalwa, okuhlala kude kube yi-30 kaNovemba, ngenxa yokukhathazeka malunga nokuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo okwenzekayo kummandla.
Uqhankqalazo malunga neenyikima, ukuqala ekupheleni kuka-Okthobha, kukhokelele iindwendwe ezingama-40 ukuba zimke kwindawo ye-spa ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. Ukulandela oku, abantu abamalunga nama-4,000 baseGrindavik baye bakhutshwa kwimpelaveki ephelileyo ngenxa yeentanda ezivele zeendlela. IGrindavik, ekwiikhilomitha ezingama-34 ukusuka eReykjavík kunye nendlu yeBlue Lagoon, yajongana nokufuduka.
I-spa idlulise kwiwebhusayithi yayo ukuba amathuba okuba kugqabhuke intaba-mlilo kwi-Reykjanes Peninsula ngokuphawulekayo, ngokungaqiniseki malunga nexesha okanye indawo yesiganeko esinjalo. Bechaza iinkxalabo zabo zombini iindwendwe kunye nabasebenzi, benze ukhetho olusebenzayo lokuvala okwethutyana amaziko ahlukeneyo nge-9 kaNovemba, echaphazela imisebenzi eBlue Lagoon, iSilica Hotel, iRetreat Spa, iRetreat Hotel, iLava, kunye neMoss Restaurant. Esi sigqibo sijolise ekubekeni phambili ukhuseleko kunye nokuqinisekisa impilo-ntle yakhe wonke umntu obandakanyekayo phakathi kokuphazamiseka okuqhubekayo.
Imisebenzi yenyikima yaqala emantla eGrindavik, indawo ehlala ama-craters aneminyaka engama-2,000 ubudala, njengoko kucaciswa ngunjingalwazi wejoloji uPall Einarrson kwisisasazi sikarhulumente iRUV. Ukhankanye i-magma paseji enabileyo emalunga neekhilomitha ezili-10 ubude kulo mmandla.
Iinyikima zomhlaba rhoqo eBlue Lagoon
Ukusukela ngo-Okthobha, i-Icelandic Met Office (IMO) irekhode ngaphezulu kweenyikima ezingama-23,000, kubandakanywa ne-spike ebalulekileyo ye-1,400 nge-2 kaNovemba kuphela, njengoko ingxelo ye-BBC. Eyona nyikima inkulu, enobukhulu obuyi-5.0 ngobukhulu, yabetha indawo yentaba-mlilo yaseFagradalsfjall ezinzulwini zobusuku, iphawula eyona ndawo iphakamileyo kumsebenzi wenyikima.
Emva koko, iinyikima zomhlaba ezisixhenxe zomlinganiselo wesi-4 okanye ngaphezulu zenzeka, kuquka eye-12:13 am kwimpuma yeSýrlingafell, enye nge-2:56 am kumzantsi-ntshona weÞorbjörn, yaza enye nge-6:52 am kwimpuma yeSýrlingafell. I-IMO ikwaqaphele ukuqokeleleka kwe-magma kumntla-ntshona weNtaba iThorbjorn, kufutshane nemithombo eshushu yeturquoise eyaziwayo.
I-Blue Lagoon Spa, kunye namanye amashishini aliqela akufutshane, yavalwa okwethutyana ngenxa yenkxalabo yabasemagunyeni yokuba i-magma inokuvela, ibangele inkxalabo malunga nentshukumo enokwenzeka yentaba-mlilo kwindawo leyo.
Umanejala weBlue Lagoon uHelga Árnadóttir ukhankanye ukuba nangona besazi ukuba iinyikima azibanga yingozi ngokukhawuleza, bakhetha ukuphendula ngokuvala okwethutyana. Uye wacacisa ukuba nangona ezinye iindwendwe zihambile, yayiliqela elinye kuphela elinoncedo lwabasebenzi, kwaye uninzi lwabatyeleli bahlala bezolile kwaye benolwazi. U-Árnadóttir ubethelele inkxaso ekhethekileyo yabasebenzi kunye nombulelo weendwendwe. Ngokuphathelele kwiinkxalabo zemali, uye wabalula ukuba ukubeka phambili ukhuseleko lwabasebenzi kunye neendwendwe kubaluleke ngaphezu kweengqwalasela zemali zehotele yodidi oluphezulu.
I-Iceland ineendawo ezimalunga nama-30 zentaba-mlilo esebenzayo kwaye iphakathi kwezona ngingqi zinenyikima kwihlabathi liphela. ILitli-Hrutur, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiNqama encinci, yagqabhuka kwindawo yaseFagradalsfjall ngoJulayi, yafumana iwonga “leyona ntaba-mlilo intsha ehlabathini.”
