and equipment of the Icelandic Meteorological Office as well as the reconnaissance flights of the Icelandic
Coast Guard played a key role in the response of
Civil Protection
Authorities and other officials to the hazard
caused by jökulhlaups during the first days of the eruption.
Particularly in the
beginning of the eruption, the jökulhlaups were
charged with volcanic debris as well as icebergs
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