NEW DELHI: A volcano in Iceland erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December last year, according to the country’s meteorological office.Authorities had been anticipating this eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula near Reykjavik, where the eruption site was located between Hagafell and Stora-Skogfell, the same area as the last outbreak.Rikke Pedersen, head of the … Read more
REYKJAVIK: Residents of the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavik are facing a second evacuation as new volcanic fissures have opened nearby, prompting the National Commissioner of Police to issue an evacuation order, CNN reported.Grindavik, situated approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Reykjavik on the Reykjanes peninsula, had previously been evacuated in November due to heightened seismic … Read more
STOCKHOLM: A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland‘s Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s civil defense to be on high alert.The eruption appears to have occurred about four kilometers (2.4 miles) from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. Grainywebcam video showed the moment of the eruption as … Read more