A volcano began erupting in southwest Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa, one of Iceland's biggest tourist attractions.

The eruption did not immediately disrupt air travel, though officials warned that winds could carry volcanic gas over the capital region. Tourists and residents in Iceland evacuated Tuesday as a ...

Iceland sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic. The most disruptive incident in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into ...

"Due to a volcanic eruption that commenced in Sundhnúksgígar on April 1, Blue Lagoon will be closed through Tuesday, April 1, at which time the situation will be reassessed," a notice on the ...

new video loaded: Iceland Residents Evacuate Town Threatened by Volcano Eruption A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday prompted an emergency evacuation from the town of Grindavik ...

A fishing village in southwest Iceland was evacuated Tuesday after lava began spewing from a volcanic eruption, the eighth to hit the region since the end of 2023. The Icelandic Meteorological ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland Tuesday forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon spa and resort, as lava and smoke poured from a newly opened fissure.

Iceland sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic. The most disruptive incident in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed clouds of ash into ...

He warned that this is the first time the fissure (a volcanic vent from which lava erupts) has passed inside the protective barriers meaning that the town, which is home to around 4,000 residents, now ...

REYKJAVIK - A fishing village in south-west Iceland was evacuated on April 1 after lava began spewing from a volcanic eruption, the eighth to hit the region since the end of 2023. The Icelandic ...

The eruption, which began in the morning to the south of Iceland's capital of Reykjavik, was seen on video spewing lava and smoke. The fissure of the volcanic eruption had broken through ...