The eruption site is a few kilometres northeast of Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people about 50 kilometres southwest of ...

Iceland has seen seven volcanic eruptions in a year near the southwestern fishing village of Grindavik, leading to the evacuation of the town. After the seventh eruption, people were evacuated ...

Scientists in Iceland say there is an increasing likelihood that a volcano, which has erupted several times since the end of ...

Bárðarbunga is Iceland's second-tallest volcano and is "unusually large," the IMO said in its update. If an eruption is imminent, it could impact air quality in Iceland and beyond, as well as ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland has brought worldwide attention back to the land of fire and ice. It’s the fourth ...

home to some 4,000 people. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said the eruption was a "black day for all of Iceland", but added that "the sun will rise again". Sunday's eruption is the fifth to ...

Iceland is facing a "worst ... "thriving fishing town" than December's eruption, he continued – and "then a smaller fissure opened even closer to people's homes". From our morning news briefing ...

Share A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday, posing an immediate threat to a nearby small fishing town although it had been evacuated earlier and no people were in danger, authorities said.

The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Friday that the amount of magma accumulating beneath Svartsengi is approaching levels observed during previous eruptions ... to closely monitor ...