A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and a geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions. Flames and ...

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 earthquake ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air, just hours after authorities evacuated the few remaining residents of a ...

Foreign Office advice stops well short of advising against travel to Iceland, meaning holiday companies can continue to ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Tuesday, 1st April, in the south-west of Iceland, the volcano Sundhnúkagígar erupted, resulting in a massive fissure in the ground. This fissure extends for 1.2km long, near the famous Blue ...

The eruption began near Grindavik, a small town long threatened by volcanic disruptions ... Bjarnason Egill Bjarnason reported from Husavik, Iceland. A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted ...

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

The authorities had ordered the precautionary evacuation of the Grindavik area, while road access to and from the city remains closed ...

A volcano eruption near a populated area in Iceland could be 'much larger' than previous events, officials warned as defences were quickly overrun this morning. The Icelandic Civil Defence warned ...

Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.