Volcano erupts in Iceland, opening cracks round defences of fishing village

A volcano has erupted in the identical peninsula in southwest Iceland the place molten rock was seen spewing from fissures within the floor in December.

The eruption started north of the city of Grindavik, which was evacuated in a single day amid fears an eruption is perhaps imminent on account of a swarm of seismic exercise.

Barriers of earth and rock have been constructed to stop lava from reaching Grindavik, however the newest eruption seems to have penetrated the defences.

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