For example, lava flows blocked roads in part of Iceland caused houses to collapse and burn. So is there a way to prevent this?

lava Why can’t we stop it?

Lava is a slow, viscous liquid that behaves much like tar.

When lava adapts to gravity, it flows down the steepest downward path like other fluids. Again, the temperature of this substance is often well above 1000 degrees Celsius Unfortunately, there is nothing that can oppose that.

So much so that Hawaiians tried to prevent the lava flow from the Mauna Loa volcano, which threatened the city of Hilo on the Big Island between 1935 and 1942. They used explosives dropped from airplanes.

Their goal was to disrupt the channels, or lava tubes, in the volcano that brought lava to the surface.

However, neither attempt was successful. The explosions created new channels, but the newly formed lava flows quickly to the original lava channel rejoined.

Attention was also paid to a second strategy. To direct the lava flow to a different and steepest downward path, that is, to a basin where lava would flow naturally building dams or ditches.

Although the plan appears to be working, many attempts have been made to divert the lava. the attempt failed. Barriers built in 1992 to stop the lava flow from Italy’s Etna slowed the flow, but the lava eventually broke through them.

In summary, there is unfortunately no way to stop volcanic lava of the structure of lava There is no reason.

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