A volcano erupted late on Monday in southwest Iceland, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country’s Meteorological Office said, threatening a nearby town. Fearing a significant eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, authorities last month evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of Grindavik and closed the … Read more
A volcano erupted on Monday in southwest Iceland, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country’s Meteorological Office said. Fearing a significant outbreak on the Reykjanes peninsula, authorities last month evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of Grindavik and closed the nearby Blue Lagoon … Read more
Iceland is home to 33 active volcano systems. Authorities in Iceland are concerned about severe weather conditions ahead of an “imminent” volcanic eruption. The eruption is expected to take place in Grindavik, a fishing port around 40 kilometres from capital Reykjavik. The 4,000 residents of the city were evacuated on November 11 after magma shifting … Read more
Icelandic authorities were on Tuesday preparing to build defence walls around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they hope will protect it from lava flows amid concerns of an imminent volcanic eruption. Seismic activity and underground lava flows intensified on the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik over the … Read more
REYKJAVIK: An Icelandic town near the capital Reykjavik and home to some 4,000 people was evacuated overnight after hundreds of tremors caused fears of a volcanic eruption, authorities said Saturday. Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be a … Read more