COPENHAGEN—A volcano in Iceland that erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December was still spewing smoke and bright orange lava into the air early on Monday although infrastructure and a nearby fishing town were safe for now, authorities said. The eruption was the seventh on the Reykjanes peninsula near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik since […]
GRINDAVIK, Iceland—Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland flowed Sunday toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, which have so far held the molten rock back from the evacuated community. Scientists said the eruption appeared to be weakening and would probably peter out within hours. A volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula in the country’s […]
LONDON—A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland appears to have subsided, though scientists are warning that the area may experience further eruptions in the coming months. Iceland’s Meteorological Office said late Thursday that the eruption had decreased significantly. The eruption began at about 6 a.m. local time on Thursday in the area northeast of Mount Sýlingarfell, […]
Iceland experienced yet another volcanic eruption on Feb. 8, less than two months after the eruption of the Svartsengi volcanic system in December, which saw the evacuation of the coastal town of Grindavik. The eruption began on Thursday at around 6 a.m. local time. According to Iceland’s Meteorological Office, lava starting spewing out of a […]
REYKJAVIK—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 that magma is 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 burning in […]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland—A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted for the second time in less than a month on Sunday, sending lava snaking toward a nearby community and setting at least one home on fire. The eruption, which began just before 8 a.m. local time, came after authorities evacuated the town of Grindavik following a swarm of […]
REYKJAVIK—Lava flows from a volcano in Iceland were slowing on Wednesday, the Icelandic Metrological Office said on Wednesday, as the eruption looked set to spare a nearby town that was evacuated following weeks of earthquakes. The eruption late on Monday on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland spewed lava and smoke more than 100 metres […]
An earthquake in China has killed at least 120 people and injured hundreds more, according to Chinese state media. The 5.9 magnitude tremor jolted a remote and mountainous region in the country’s northwest. The government of Iceland said Monday night’s sizeable volcanic eruption poses no threat to life and that it won’t affect air travel, […]
Icelanders are on edge as officials say there’s a high probability of a volcanic eruption on the island any day now. The looming eruption has forced evacuations in some areas, and authorities say there’s an ongoing process of allowing some residents to temporarily return home to gather some of their belongings. Video footage shows CNN’s […]
COPENHAGEN—Seismic activity in southwestern Iceland decreased in size and intensity on Monday, but the risk of a volcanic eruption remained significant, authorities said, after earthquakes and evidence of magma spreading underground in recent weeks. Almost 4,000 people were evacuated over the weekend as authorities feared that molten rock would rise to the surface of the […]
Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption. Nearly 800 quakes were recorded between midnight and 2 p.m. on Friday, with the shallowest at a depth […]
OSLO—A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, near the capital Reykjavik, following intense earthquake activity in the area, the country’s Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Monday. “At the moment, it’s a very small eruption,” said Matthew Roberts of the service and research division at the IMO. He added there was no […]
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Iceland will lift all public COVID-19 restrictions starting Friday, saying that herd immunity is the way out of the pandemic. “We are returning to normal life but the virus is still with us,” Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir told reporters on Wednesday, reported AFP. She said the country may impose new restrictions if needed, such as […]
Authorities in Iceland have found a small plane at the bottom of a lake two days after the aircraft went missing with three tourists and a pilot on board, police said on Saturday. The three tourists on the Cessna 172N plane—who departed for a sightseeing tour on Thursday—were from Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United […]
Iceland says it will end whaling from 2024 amid dwindling demand and continuing controversy. “There are few justifications to authorize whale hunting beyond 2024,” when current quotas expire, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir said in an op-ed in Friday’s Morgunblaðið newspaper. The minister wrote it was “undisputed” that whale hunting had not had […]
