The 1918 Katla eruption #78813
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The 1918 eruption of the volcano Katla. Stories from Vík and Heiðardalur in Mýrdalur, Hjörleifshöfði, Skaftártunga, Álftaver, Meðalland and Síða. Collected and written by Guðgeir Jóhannsson, a teacher in Vík.
Eyewitness accounts.
The 1918 eruption of Kötlugn lasted from October 12 to November 4. There are two contemporary descriptions of it by Gísli Sveinsson, a district magistrate, and Guðgeir Jóhannsson, a teacher in Vík. The eruption came suddenly and unexpectedly. People had to flee their farms, both in Álftaver and Meðalland. It caused extensive damage to the land there and quite a few farmers moved away, but two farms in Álftaver, Skálmarbæjarhraun and Sauðhúsnes, were not repopulated. The ash fall was greatest in Skaftártunga and a large part of the livestock in the entire area was destroyed due to a lack of feed. The eruption formed Kötlutangi, which after midwinter measured 2000 - 3000 fathoms from the old beach south of Hjörleifshöfði and then became the southernmost spit in the country, but it has since been mostly destroyed.
Eyewitness accounts.
The 1918 eruption of Kötlugn lasted from October 12 to November 4. There are two contemporary descriptions of it by Gísli Sveinsson, a district magistrate, and Guðgeir Jóhannsson, a teacher in Vík. The eruption came suddenly and unexpectedly. People had to flee their farms, both in Álftaver and Meðalland. It caused extensive damage to the land there and quite a few farmers moved away, but two farms in Álftaver, Skálmarbæjarhraun and Sauðhúsnes, were not repopulated. The ash fall was greatest in Skaftártunga and a large part of the livestock in the entire area was destroyed due to a lack of feed. The eruption formed Kötlutangi, which after midwinter measured 2000 - 3000 fathoms from the old beach south of Hjörleifshöfði and then became the southernmost spit in the country, but it has since been mostly destroyed.