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 ...

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 fissure is now about 500 meters (yards) long and has reached through the protective barrier north of Grindavík,'' Iceland's Met Office said in a statement. "The fissure continues to grow ...

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 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 ...

A volcanic fissure has erupted near Grindavík, Iceland, forcing evacuations and raising the hazard level to its highest ...

Officials in Iceland have evacuated homes in the town of Grindavik and nearby tourist spa resort Blue Lagoon after the area was hit by another volcanic eruption. The volcano began spewing lava shortly ...

The magma flow began at about 6.30am local time accompanied by an intense earthquake storm similar to previous eruptions, Iceland's Met Office says.

A volcano began erupting in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday as tourists at the nearby Blue Lagoon and residents of local communities were evacuated.  Flames and smoke shot through the air as a fissure ...

Tourists and residents were forced to flee as a volcano erupted again Tuesday in southwestern Iceland. Here's the latest.

The eruption began near Grindavik, a small town long threatened by volcanic disruptions, and prompted the closure of a popular tourist destination. By Amelia Nierenberg and Egill Bjarnason Egill ...

A HUGE volcano is on the brink of erupting with locals and holidaymakers being forced to evacuate after a red alert was issued. Molten hot magma has already begun flowing from under ...