Authorities said as they raised the alert status to the highest level, and an Australian airline cancelled some flights into ...

A volcanic fissure has opened up near the town of Grindavík on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula following a significant uptick in earthquake activity. Images show lava breaching the town's defensive ...

An Icelandic Met Office update from earlier today read: "An eruption has started just north of the protective barrier near Grindavík. The fissure is now about 500 meters long and has reached ...

Icelandic experts predict that the so-called fissure eruptions, characterised by lava flowing out of long cracks in the earth's crust rather than a single volcanic opening, could repeat themselves ...

Experts predict that these fissure eruptions could continue for decades, if not centuries, raising concerns about the long-term safety of the region. Iceland, located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...

REYKJAVIK - A fishing village in south-west Iceland was evacuated on April 1 after a series of earthquakes signalled a volcanic eruption could be imminent, authorities and media said.

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.

“Warning: An eruption has begun,” the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement on Tuesday. “The total length of the eruptive fissure is now about 1,200 metres (3,937 ...

Images show lava breaching the town's defensive barrier, as Icelandic Met Office (IMO) representatives warn the fissure could continue to grow. The volcanic eruption started along the Sundhnúkur ...