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Reunion: the Piton de la Fournaise erupts for the second time of the year

2021-12-22T08:48:58.914Z


The volcano located in Reunion began to pour lava overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, at at least three places on the island. The erupti


The Piton de la Fournaise, the volcano on Reunion Island, erupted for the second time this year.

The phenomenon began this Wednesday at 3:30 am (12:30 am in Paris), indicates the Volcanological Observatory of Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF).

This photo relayed by the OVPF shows the place of the eruption within an hour of when it started.

Volcanologists have found at least three eruptive cracks open on the southern flank of the volcano. They are located in the enclosure, the central caldera of the volcano, that is to say a very large crater. The eruption takes place in a totally uninhabited area and does not present a danger to the population. “It's a classic rash. We remain attentive throughout the duration of the eruption, ”said Aline Peltier, director of the Piton de la Fournaise Observatory, on Réunion, the 1st radio station. In the morning, the local agency Imaz press was able to fly over the volcano by helicopter, making this impressive video possible.

The prefecture of Reunion, for its part, has taken measures to restrict access to the site of the eruption.

"Public access to the Fouqué enclosure, from the Pas de Bellecombe path or from any other path, as well as the landing of aircraft in the area of ​​the volcano, are prohibited until further notice", she says. know.

Phases of seismicity and calm

It also activated the Orsec plan (Organization of the civil security response).

"Taking into account the presence of hot and incandescent gases and the possibility of emission of lava in the short term, the prefect decided to implement the alert phase 2-1

eruption in progress in the enclosure

of the device specific ORSEC volcano.

A reconnaissance will be carried out and additional measures taken as soon as the eruption is stabilized.

Piton de la Fournaise: eruption in progress |


The #PitondelaFournaise erupted this morning.


Alert 2-1 from the ORSEC Volcano device "eruption in progress in the enclosure" was triggered.


❌Access to the Fouqué enclosure is prohibited


👉 https://t.co/RghMRntRdn pic.twitter.com/afojYs21ku

- Prefect of Reunion (@ Prefet974) December 22, 2021

Alternating phases of seismicity and calm for several weeks, the Piton de la Fournaise gave its first signs of waking up around 1:15 a.m. (11:15 p.m. Tuesday in Paris). "This seismic crisis is accompanied by rapid deformation", a sign "that the magma is leaving the magmatic reservoir and is propagating towards the surface" then underlined the volcanological observatory. He clarified that "an eruption is likely soon in the next few minutes or hours."

Located in the south-east of Reunion, the Piton de la Fournaise is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

It has erupted about 20 times over the past ten years.

The first eruption of the year was in April and lasted six weeks.

The eruptions of the Reunion volcano are described as effusive or of the Hawaiian type.

Most of the lava flows over the surface of the volcano, unlike explosive eruptions that spew clouds of ash high into the sky.

Source: leparis

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