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.

State media reported that the nearby town of Grindavik was evacuated. One of Iceland’s most popular tourist destinations, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, posted on its website that it was ...

A 5.2-magnitude “earthquake swarm” and lava eruptions closed a popular Icelandic tourist destination and evacuated several communities around the country's Reykjanes Peninsula. The initial ...

A volcano south of Reykjavik, Iceland erupted for the eleventh time since 2021, prompting evacuations of tourists and residents. The eruption did not immediately disrupt air travel, though ...

A volcanic eruption restarted in Iceland, with lava flow threatening the already severely damaged fishing town Grindavik. An eruption — the eighth on the same volcanic rift since late 2023 ...

COPENHAGEN, April 1 (Reuters) - A volcano erupted to the south of Iceland's capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red that triggered the evacuation of ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa. Flames and smoke shot through the ...

A volcano eruption in Iceland that forced a mass evacuation of residents and tourists nearby could be much bigger than previous events, an expert has warned. He told Visir: "This is one of the ...

A warning has been issued to tourists in Iceland as magma accumulates underground near Iceland's capital, Reykjavik. Authorities have issue an alert that a volcanic eruption has started.

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Molten lava is seen coming out of a fissure behind a greenhouse on the outskirts of the fishing village Grindavik in southwest Iceland, on April 1, 2025. AEL KERMAREC / AFP A fishing village in ...