English students looking at the lava that characterizes the landscape around Grindavík.
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Úlfar Lúðvíksson, police chief in Suðurnes, says that everything went well yesterday when public access to the town of Grindavík was opened again. According to his information, a few tourists have already entered the town.
According to the police chief, it should be okay to visit the town, as it is today. He tells the police, however, to monitor the situation closely and work according to information from the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
“People need to be prepared for the fact that it could come back to the news, then with a new magma flow or volcanic eruption.” In those circumstances, we may have to restrict access to the town in a similar way as we have done so far,” Lúðvíksson says in an interview with Morgunblaðið.
He mentions that there is a need for warning signs on the roads leading into the town and he expects that those signs will be installed today or in the next few days.
“Of course, foreign tourists need to be warned about the area they are entering.”
A journalist and photographer from Morgunblaðið made their way to the town yesterday and came across English students aged 17-18 who were in the town on a school trip.
The group was driven around town in a bus. The assistant head of the school was with them. According to him, the students were somewhat shocked to see the buildings and the impact the events have had on town life.