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The Sunddhnúksgígar volcano began erupting on Tuesday morning as residents of nearby town Grindavík and tourists of luxury resort Blue Lagoon were cleared out of the danger zone ...
Foreign Office advice stops well short of advising against travel to Iceland, meaning holiday companies can continue to ...
Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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.
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 ...
Lava has begun flowing from a volcano near Iceland's capital, after authorities began evacuating nearby communities. The meteorological office said an eruption is underway after previously warning of ...