Lava spews again from volcanic eruption in Iceland • FRANCE 24 English

dancing under a billowing White Cloud plumes of red hot lava guzzle out of the earth as if from an open wound to form a crimson curtain of fire the spectacular eruption took place near the Icelandic town of grindavik and was being closely monitored by seismologists we have been expecting another volcanic eruption north east of grindavik it would then be the the fifth one and it has been impending for some time because of the scientific data has pointing been pointing towards a new eruption and then shortly before 1:00 it started some 400 earthquakes were measured in the week leading up to Wednesday’s eruption setting local authorities on high alert at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal Spa Iceland’s most famous tourist attraction visitors were urged to evacuate at the first signs of seismic activity we received alerts on our phones telling us to evacuate so we moved away and for the past hour we’ve been observing this phenomenon just behind us it was the peninsula’s fifth eruption since December after volcanoes in the area had been dormant for nearly 800 years the largest ones in January and in March reached the streets of grindvik setting parts of the Town a blaze most of the city’s 4,000 residents were permanently evacuated in November

A new volcano erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday, spewing fountains of red-hot lava into the air shortly after authorities evacuated the nearby town of Grindavik. The eruption was the fifth in six months on the Reykjanes peninsula.
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