LONDON (AP) — A volcano erupted in southwestern Iceland Sunday for the second time in less than a month, sending semi-molten rock toward a nearby settlement.
The eruption just before 8 a.m. came after a swarm of earthquakes near the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
“Right now, a new fissure opened south of the first fissure from this morning,'' Iceland's Met office said in a statement.
But the walls of the barriers built north of Grindavik have been breached and lava is on the move toward the community, the meteorological office said.
“This continues to surprise us,” Benedikt Ófeigsson at the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Iceland’s RUV television.
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” Benedikt Ófeigsson, Iceland’s, isn't, Gudjon
Organizations:
Icelandic Meteorological, Keflavík
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