Iceland has tried to use infrastructure to protect the town: Since 2023, the government has built a series of protective barriers, made from boulders the size of small cars, to try to redirect ...

Awed by a volcanic eruption she witnessed as a child, Arnhildur Pálmadóttir now aims to help architects re-imagine what’s ...

Lava has begun flowing from a volcano near Iceland's capital, after authorities began evacuating nearby communities. The meteorological office said an eruption is underway after previously warning of ...

A swarm of small earthquakes began at around ... suggesting that fault movements could occur within the town itself,” it added. Runólfur Þórhallsson, Iceland’s director of civil protection ...

A volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland Tuesday forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavík and the ... However, local media reported that a small number of people chose to stay in Grindavík ...

n areal view of the volcanic eruption near the town of Grindavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The Best 100 ... Says About You 6 South African small towns that offer a journey back in ...

A volcanic eruption restarted in Iceland ... steady flows but forming little ash. Earthquakes and deadly cracks have caused widespread damage to fishing town Grindavik, which used to be home ...

A swarm of small earthquakes began at around ... 9:45am, according to Iceland's Met Office (IMO). Warning sirens started to sound when the orange-red fissure reached the town's defence walls at around ...

A volcano south of Reykjavik, Iceland erupted for the eleventh time ... eruption had broken through protective barriers around the town of Grindavik, and had reached 1,200 meters, or nearly ...

Officials in Iceland have evacuated homes in the town of Grindavik and nearby tourist ... with the exception of a small number of residents who refused to leave. The town's 4,000 residents are ...

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