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A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and a geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions. Flames and ...
Foreign Office advice stops well short of advising against travel to Iceland, meaning holiday companies can continue to ...
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 volcano eruption in Iceland that forced a mass evacuation of residents and tourists nearby could be much bigger than previous events, an expert has warned. He told Visir: "This is one of the ...
A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air, just hours after authorities evacuated the few remaining residents of a ...
A 5.2-magnitude “earthquake swarm” and lava eruptions closed a popular Icelandic tourist destination and evacuated several communities around the country's Reykjanes Peninsula. The initial earthquake ...
The eruption did not immediately disrupt air travel, though officials warned that winds could carry volcanic gas over the capital region. Tourists and residents in Iceland evacuated Tuesday as a ...
A volcanic eruption has begun on the Reykjanes Peninsula in south-west Iceland. Iceland's Meteorological Office said the eruption started around 09.45 local time (10:45 BST) just north of the small ...
A volcano erupted to the south of Iceland's capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red ...
The eruption began near Grindavik, a small town long threatened by volcanic disruptions ... Bjarnason Egill Bjarnason reported from Husavik, Iceland. A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted ...
A volcano eruption near a populated area in Iceland could be 'much larger' than previous events, officials warned as defences were quickly overrun this morning. The Icelandic Civil Defence warned ...
Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.