experts to be the most devastating in icelands history causing its biggest environmental and socioeconomic catastrophebetween 50 to 80 percent of icelands livestock was killed leading to a famine that left a quarter of the countrys population deadthe meteorological impact of the eruption also had repercussions for several years with some experts suggesting it may have played a part in triggering the french revolutionwatch icelands volcano erupts near capital reykjavik residents turn up to watch alongwith eastern townships said kapa dia akshay deoras a research scientist at the national centre for atmospheric science and department of meteorology university of reading the uk said this year lowpressure m onsoon systems that typically form over the bay of bengal are still to travel towards westcentral indiathe recharge of water inthe lakes supplying water to the city depe nds on rainfall from these lowpressure systems when they reach westcentral india rainfall increases in the lake region since this has not happened so far lake levels are yet to fill up said deoras