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☆ Volcano Erupts in Iceland, Spewing Lava 150 Feet Into the Air
  + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Egill Bjarnason | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Helga Arnadottir, a spokeswoman, said that this was the fifth evacuation order since the volcano first roared back to life last year. The evacuation went as “smoothly as the ones before,” Ms. Arnadottir added. Another 300 people had to move from Grindavik, a fishing town that has largely been abandoned since January after lava and earthquakes from previous eruptions destroyed parts of it. The island nation’s economy relies heavily on tourism; airlines and travel agencies have reported a drop in sales since the eruptions began in December. By Wednesday evening, lava had reached the barriers surrounding Grindavik that had been put in place to redirect the flow away from the town.
Persons: Helga Arnadottir, Ms, Arnadottir, Magnus Gudmundsson Organizations: Keflavik Airport, New York Times Locations: Grindavik
☆ Volcano Erupts in Iceland After Series of Earthquakes
  + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Egill Bjarnason | Andrés R. Martínez | More About Andrés R. Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A volcano in Iceland erupted on Sunday after hundreds of earthquakes shook the Reykjanes peninsula, prompting evacuations in a town near where a fissure opened up and spewed lava last month. The eruption happened at about 8 a.m. local time near Sundhnjúkar north of the town of Grindavik, according to local news media and the nation’s civil defense agency. At least 200 earthquakes struck the area near Grindavik, 32 miles southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, on Sunday starting at about 3 a.m. local time, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Before the eruption, the civil defense agency ordered the evacuation of Grindavik and said an eruption was imminent. The latest eruption happened along a row of volcanoes on the Reykjanes Peninsula, where a fissure opened up in December and erupted, creating a glowing and winding river of lava.
Persons: Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson Organizations: Coast Guard, Icelandic Meteorological Locations: Iceland, Sundhnjúkar, Grindavik, Reykjavik
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