20 August 2014 Last updated at 17:14

Iceland evacuates area near Bardarbunga

volcano

The area around the volcano has no permanent residents but is popular with tourists and
hikers

Iceland's authorities have evacuated an area close to the

country's Bardarbunga volcano over fears it could erupt.
The area, which is more than 300km (190 miles) from the capital
Reykjavik, has no permanent residents but sits within a national park
popular with tourists.
The move came as geologists said about 300 earthquakes had been
detected in the area since midnight on Tuesday.
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted in 2010, producing an ash cloud
that severely disrupted air travel.
The national civil protection agency said the decision to evacuate more
than 300 people close to Bardarbunga was a "precautionary" safety
measure.
"It cannot be ruled out that the seismic activity in Bardarbunga could lead
to a volcanic eruption," it added.
Iceland's Met Office said earthquakes were happening constantly but that
the volcano was stable for now

On Monday, Iceland's meteorological office raised its assessment of the

risk level to the aviation industry from yellow to orange.
The orange alert, the fourth level on a five-grade scale, indicates that a
volcano is showing "escalating unrest with increased potential of
eruption".
The Bardarbunga volcanic system is located under the north-west region
of Iceland's Vatnajokull glacier.
Authorities say any eruption in the volcano, which sits under an ice cap,
could result in flooding of the area north of the glacier.
The volcano was said to be stable on Wednesday but scientists warned
that it is big enough to disrupt air traffic over the Atlantic if an eruption
does occur.
The Eyjafjallajokull eruption in April 2010 caused the largest closure of
European airspace since World War Two, with losses estimated at between
1.5bn and 2.5bn euros (1.3-2.2bn).
Criticism following the strictly enforced shutdown resulted in the UK's Civil
Aviation Authority relaxing its rules to allow planes to fly in areas with a
low density of volcanic ash.

Ringkasan
Iceland's authorities have evacuated an area close to the country's
Bardarbunga volcano over fears it could erupt.
The national civil protection agency said the decision to evacuate more
than 300 people close to Bardarbunga was a "precautionary" safety
measure.
Authorities say any eruption in the volcano, which sits under an ice cap,
could result in flooding of the area north of the glacier.

Pendapat
increased vigilance during natural disasters such as this is necessary
because natural disasters can not always be predicted exactly by humans.
so that the government of Iceland is great for protecting the local
population and tourists

kosakata
resident : penduduk
ash : abu

precautionary : pencegahan
measure : mengukur
lead : memimpin
assessment : penilaian
aviation : penerbangan
escalating : semakin tinggi
increased : meningkat
region : wilayah
occur : terjadi
estimated : estimasi
density : kerapatan