Iceland Residents and Tourists Evacuated
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Lava penetrates protective barriers near Grindavik, a fishing town on a southwestern peninsula also evacuated last year.
From Al Jazeera
Authorities evacuated a town and the Blue Lagoon spa in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday as a volcano threatened to erupt for the eighth time.
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Icelandic authorities evacuated Grindavik and the nearby Blue Lagoon earlier on Tuesday after magma flows and a series of small earthquakes in the region indicated that the volcano could soon erupt.
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Magma flows have begun at a volcano near Iceland's capital, causing authorities to evacuate nearby communities. The meteorological office says an imminent eruption is likely.