STORY: Grindavik resident Hrannar Jon Emilsson told Icelandic media there had been an evacuation order in November over fears of an imminent eruption, which had disrupted his plan to move in into the house he was building before Christmas. But almost a month later, Emilsson watched his home go “up in smoke”. Molten lava flows […]
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – A volcano that erupted in southwest Iceland for the second time in less than a month appeared to be significantly less active on Monday despite indications of magma still flowing underground. “A black day” read the front page headline of Icelandic daily Morgunbladid across an image of bright-orange lava fountains and houses […]
Iceland’s president said the country is battling “tremendous forces of nature”, after molten lava from a volcano in the island’s south-west consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik. Icelandic resident Gudni Th Johannesson said in a televised address on Sunday that “a daunting period of upheaval has begun on the Reykjanes peninsula”, where […]
A volcano has erupted in south-western Iceland, sending semi-molten rock spewing towards a nearby settlement for the second time in less than a month. The eruption on Sunday morning came after a series of earthquakes near the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. The community was evacuated overnight, Iceland’s RUV television reported. A […]
Iceland has announced that it is joining the IT and mine clearance coalitions formed within the framework of the Contact Group on Defence of Ukraine (known as Ramstein). Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland on Saturday, 23 December, as reported by European Pravda Details: In addition to joining the two coalitions, Iceland has also […]
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Iceland’s national police commissioner on Friday downgraded the threat level from the volcano that erupted earlier this week, the country’s Civil Protection Agency said. The eruption in Southwestern Iceland late on Monday followed weeks of seismic activity that had already led to a complete evacuation of a town with 4,000 inhabitants. “Today, […]
A volcano has erupted in south-western Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of the Earth’s power. The eruption appears to have occurred about two and a half miles from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. The town […]
Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air in its early hours. Icelanders had been anticipating an eruption in the area for weeks, ever since a swarm of thousands of small earthquakes began on Oct. 23 northeast of the fishing town […]
Lava continues to spew from a volcano in southwestern Iceland that erupted late Monday, but local officials said Tuesday that it “does not present a threat to life.” After showing signs of unrest for weeks — including periods in which thousands of small earthquakes rattled the region each day — the volcano, on the island’s […]
LONDON (AP) — Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The region had been active for more than two years and thousands of small earthquakes rattled the area in recent weeks. Here is a look at what happened and […]
A volcanic eruption started on Monday night on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the civil defence to be put on high alert. The eruption appears to have occurred about 2.4 miles from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic meteorological office said. Grainy webcam video showed the moment of the eruption as […]
By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) -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 […]