In pics: Iceland volcano erupts again, tourists and residents evacuated
In pics: Iceland volcano erupts again, tourists and residents evacuated
Volcanic eruption started in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa. The eruption, as per photos shared on social media, sent flames and smoke into the air as a volcanic fissure opened near the town of Grindavik, where around 40 h
A massive volcanic eruption restarted in Iceland with videos showing lava flow threatening the already severely damaged fishing town Grindavik.
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The volcanic eruption — the eighth one on the same volcanic rift since late 2023 — started at 9:45 a.m. local time on Tuesday “just north of the protective barrier by Grindavik,” the Met Office said.
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The volcanic eruption triggered warning sirens in the town of Grindavik where webcams showed molten rock spewing toward the community. It had subsided by late afternoon, though the volcano was still active, Iceland’s Met Office said.
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Police and civil defense officials evacuated Grindavik and the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions, after an early morning earthquake swarm suggested an eruption was imminent.
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The community, located on the Reykjanes Peninsula, was largely evacuated in November 2023 when the volcano came to life after lying dormant for some 800 years. About 40 homes were evacuated on Tuesday, though police reported that some residents refused to leave their homes.
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Iceland sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic. The most disruptive incident in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into the atmosphere and disrupted trans-Atlantic air travel for months.
