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May 28, 2024 · May 2024. Due to the current eruption the hazard level has increased in the areas. The map shows assessment of hazard currently presented as well as hazards which could occur with short warning. The hazard assessment is only done for selected zones but might also be present beyond those.
Apr 7, 2024 · “It started happening like 20 minutes over three, and then the surface of the magma in the crater began to rise,” Elísabet Pálmadóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office, tells us, as she looks out into the lava that now flows down the crater’s rim in the volcanic eruption at the Sundhnúkagígar crater row.
Jan 15, 2024 · BBC. 0:43. Huge lava flows as volcano erupts in Iceland. BBC. Summary. Iceland's Met Office tells the BBC that volcanic activity near the south-western town of Grindavik is easing after...
Mar 17, 2024 · 17 March 2024 00:00. Summary. A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula - the fourth since December. It is...
A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland, following weeks of intense quake activity there. The eruption is weakening, forecasters say, with aerial images showing...
Feb 9, 2024 · GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky, triggering the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa and cutting heat and hot water to thousands of people.
Dec 20, 2023 · 5:50 p.m. ET, December 19, 2023. Icelandic weather agency warns there could be a short warning window if new vents open along fissure. From CNN's Elise Hammond. While scientists say the volcano...
