A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick in earthquake activity. Images show lava breaching the town's defensive ...

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adding that it had received a report that a hot water pipeline had broken in the northern part of Grindavík. "This confirms that significant fault movements have occurred within the town,'' the Met ...

A volcanic fissure has erupted near Grindavík, Iceland, forcing evacuations and raising the hazard level to its highest ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland on Tuesday forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon tourist site, as lava and smoke poured from a newly opened fissure.

A volcanic eruption in Iceland's Grindavík breached protective barriers, forcing officials to evacuate residents.

Hours earlier the popular Blue Lagoon - where visitors can relax in the geothermic waters of the spa - had been evacuated and people in the town of Grindavík were told to leave their homes as they ...

"The fissure is now about 500 meters (yards) long and has reached through the protective barrier north of Grindavík,'' Iceland's Met Office said in a statement. "The fissure continues to grow ...

Credit: Icelandic Meteorological Office A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick in earthquake activity.