Latest news New volcanic eruption in Iceland
Huge amounts of lava are once again spewing out of the earth in Iceland. On Thursday evening, the sixth volcanic eruption in nine months began on the North Atlantic island.
23.08.2024, 00:34
SDA
A livestream from the radio station RÚV showed lava gushing out of a long fissure in the earth on the Reykjanes Peninsula southwest of the capital Reykjavik. According to the broadcaster, there had previously been a powerful earthquake.
Since March 2021, there have been repeated fissure eruptions of this kind on the peninsula, in which the liquid rock from an elongated fissure in the earth rises to the surface. The extent to which the eruption poses a new danger to the fishing village of Grindavík, which has already been evacuated several times, is still unclear. As a precaution, the residents were also evacuated to safety this time, as the RÚV radio station reported, citing the fire department.
The lava masses from an earlier eruption destroyed several houses on the outskirts of Grindavík in January. The town is located around 40 kilometers southwest of Reykjavik.
