Volcanic eruptions in Bárðarbunga volcano and continuous eruptive activities at Holuhraun have become a matter of concern for officials in Iceland Met Office.

Officials said that volcano started emitting lava in past weeks, which raised concerns for them as they thought that it might cause a lot of inconvenience to the aviation. But as of now, no such case of disruption has been reported.

To address the raising concerns related to eruption of volcano in Iceland, a meeting was held by the Scientific Advisory Board of the Icelandic Civil Protection. This meeting was attended by Scientists from the Icelandic Met Office and the Institute of Earth Sciences and representatives of the Civil Protection in Iceland.

The conclusions that were drawn out of this meeting are as follows:

" The eruption activities at Holuhraun and subsiding of the Bárðarbunga caldera floor are occurring at higher intensity.

" The GPS station placed at the top of the Bardarbunga showed that caldera subsided around half a meter in the past 24 hours.

" Volcanic eruptions at Holuhraun are still ongoing and the flow of lava is at the same rate and is flowing towards East into Jökulsá á Fjöllum.

The Met Officials reported that as per the measurements collected yesterday, the lava has covered an area of almost 24.5 square kilometers. They also said that the gas clouds were drifting towards the east. The gas clouds were formed by gases that erupted from the volcanic eruption.

High levels of SO2, Sulphur dioxide, were measured at Reyðarfjörður last night. The report said that the volume of gases emitted were less than 4,000 micrograms per cubic meter. The data showed that the level of the current emission is the highest in Iceland, said the officials.

Forecasts by the Icelandic Met Office stated that higher concentration of sulphuric gases is expected in the northern part of the Eastern fjords. People who do not feel comfortable are advised to stay indoors, close the windows, turn up the heat and turn off air conditioning.