Ukuqhuma kwakutshanje kwe-volcano e-Iceland kuya esiphelweni

I-REYKJAVIK, eIceland - Uqhushumbo lwentaba-mlilo e-Iceland lutshona esiphelweni, izazinzulu zatsho ngoMvulo- kwaye ukhenketho olungalindelekanga oluphakamise eli lizwe lityebileyo ngokwezezimali lisenokuba ngumsi nawo.

Ithi into malunga nelungelo lelizwe xa kuqhuma intaba-mlilo njengeendaba ezilungileyo. Kodwa i-Iceland ibinexesha elinzima ukusukela oko ibhanki yayo yawa kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo, yatshabalalisa uqoqosho kunye nokuthumela ukungaphangeli.

Kwinyanga ephelileyo, intaba-mlilo i-Eyjafjallajokull yaqala ukuqhuma emva kweminyaka ephantse ibe ngama-200 ithule, isoyikisa izandyondyo kunye neenyikima kodwa itsala amawaka abakhenkethi abanomdla-kunye nemali yabo abayidinga kakhulu-kwindawo apho uthuthu kunye nentaba-mlilo etshisayo yavela kumngxuma wentaba Umkhenkce.

Zonke izinto ezilungileyo kufuneka ziye esiphelweni, nangona kunjalo, kwaye izazinzulu zathi ngoMvulo olu dubulo luyahamba.

"Umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo uyekile," utshilo u-Einar Kjartansson, ugqirha we-geophysicist kwi-Ofisi yeMeteorological yase-Iceland. "Ndiyakholelwa ukuba uqhushumbo luphelile."

Isazi ngokuma komhlaba kwiYunivesithi yaseIceland u-Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson uthe, izinto ezenzeke kule ntaba-mlilo ziye zehla kakhulu kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo, nangona “kusekutsha kakhulu ukuba ungabhala isiqinisekiso sokusweleka.”

Amawakawaka abantu enze uhambo oluya kwintaba-mlilo, iikhilomitha ezingama-75) kwimpuma yeReykjavik, ukusukela oko uqhushumbo lwaqala ngoMatshi 120- kwaye iinkampani zabakhenkethi zaseIceland zenze intywenka yemali ukubasa apho, ngebhasi, indawo yokuhamba ikhephu, isuphu “ superjeep ”nkqu nehelikopta.

Abaqhubi kunye nabantu abakhenketha intaba baye babangela uxinizelelo lwezithuthi olungazange lubonwe kwindawo esemaphandleni enabemi abambalwa kufutshane nesiza.

"Kwakungathi ngumnyhadala ngaphandle komculo," watsho umkhenkethi waseBritane uAlex Britton, oneminyaka engama-27, nosandula ukuqhubela intaba-mlilo. "Okanye njengohambo."

I-charter ye-airline i-Iceland Express ithi ishishini layo lenyuke ngama-20 eepesenti ukusukela oko kuqhambuka, kwaye i-Icelandic Tourist Board ithi abatyeleli abangama-26,000 baphesheya kweelwandle beza kweli ngo-Matshi, irekhodi lenyanga ethe cwaka xa i-Iceland isasebusika.

Esi siqithi sintaba-mlilo sabantu abangama-320,000 ababesemazantsi nje kweArctic Circle babesele befumene ukhuthazo lokhenketho oluvela kwingxaki yezoqoqosho, neyathi yabona ukuwa kweebhanki zaseIceland ezinamatyala nokuwa okumandla kwixabiso lemali yayo, i krona. Ngesiquphe, ilizwe elidumileyo elinendleko nelinomgangatho wokuphila ophakamileyo ehlabathini lalingene ematyaleni, lisokola ukuhlawula amatyala alo - kwaye lisanda kufikeleleka kubakhenkethi bamanye amazwe.

I-volcano iyenze indawo ekumele ityelelwe kuyo ngabantu abafuna ukonwaba abavela kwihlabathi liphela, ngaphandle kweendleko, eziphakathi kwe-euro55 ($ 75) kuhambo lwebhasi ukuya kujonga i-volcano kude ukuya kwi-euro200 ($ 270) ukukhwela i-superjeep phantse ukuya esiphelweni saloo mngxuma.

"Sinabantu abahlala kwiihostele zabakhenkethi abathatha uhambo," utshilo uTorfi Ynvgason ovela kumqhubi weArctic Adventures. "Ukuqhuba intaba yomkhenkce, e-Iceland, ebusika, udaka-ukuba unayo kwi-akhawunti yakho yebhanki."

Ukuthandwa kwentaba-mlilo kungqineke kuyintloko kwabasemagunyeni. Isebe lase-Iceland loKhuselo loLuntu lithi amaqela ohlangulo kuye kwafuneka ancede ukuya kuthi ga kubantu abangama-50 ngemini ukusuka ezantsi kwisiza, apho amaqondo obushushu ehle aye -17 Celsius (1.4 Fahrenheit) kubetha umoya. Kwiveki ephelileyo iindwendwe ezimbini zaseIceland zafa ngenxa yokuvezwa emva kokuba belahlekile kwaye imoto yabo yaphelelwa yirhasi kuhambo oluya kwisiza.

I-Iceland iziqhelile iintlekele zendalo kunye nomdlalo weenyikima. Isiqithi sihleli kwindawo eshushu yentaba-mlilo kwiAtlantic embindini wolwandlekazi, kwaye uqhushumbo lwenzeka rhoqo kwimbali yelizwe, lubangelwe kukuhamba kwamacwecwe oMhlaba naxa umagma ovela nzulu komhlaba uphantsi kwendlela yawo.

Ukuqhuma kwe-Eyjafjallajokull lelokuqala kwilizwe ukusukela ngo-2004, kwaye eyona nto ibalulekileyo ukusukela oko iHekla, eyona ntaba-mlilo isebenzayo e-Iceland, yaqhushumba phezulu ngo-2000.

Kodwa abantu base-Iceland bakude ngejade. Nabo, baye bathontelana ukuya kubona intaba-mlilo entsha, kwaye uninzi luyichaza njengento edibana namava okomoya.

"Kuyamangalisa ukuyibona," utshilo uSunnefa Burgess, osebenzela abakhenkethi i-Iceland Excursions. “Ungahlala apho imini yonke. Kwaye ingxolo! Yimvakalelo ongenakuyichaza ngokwenyani. ”

Kwi-Icelanders ediniwe yingxaki, ugqabhuko-dubulo lukwabonelele ngesiphelo esamkelekileyo kwiindaba ezimbi zoqoqosho kunye nezidubedube zezopolitiko. I-volcano ikhokelele iibhulethini zeendaba kwaye yabonelela ngesihloko esitsha sencoko kwiibhari zekofu kunye neebhasi ezishushu zangaphandle ezishushu apho abantu base-Iceland badibana khona.

Ngoku kubonakala ngathi i-volcanic windfall iyanyamalala ngokukhawuleza njengoko ibisiza.

Kwaye kukho ukukhathazeka okukhulu okukhulu emva. Izazinzulu zithi imbali ibonakalisile ukuba xa kuqhuma u-Eyjafjallajokull, intaba-mlilo enkulu yaseKatla ekufutshane ihlala ilandela kwiintsuku okanye kwiinyanga.

IKatla imi phantsi komkhenkce omkhulu iMyrdsjokull, kwaye ugqabhuko-dubulo lunokubangela izikhukula. Ukuqhuma kokugqibela kwenzeka ngo-1918, kwaye i-vulcanologists ithi ukuqhuma okutsha kudlulileyo.

"Ugqabhuko olukhulu lwaseKatla lunokuphazamisa ukubhabha ngenqwelomoya eNorth Atlantic," utshilo uKjartansson. “Inokubangela umonakalo omkhulu kunye nokuphazamiseka.

Kodwa akukho nto ingako inyikima kufutshane neKatla. Andiboni sizathu sokulindela ukuba uKatla enze nantoni na kungekudala. ”