A holding patternIf and when a volcanic eruption may happen is unclear and hard to predict. A nine-mile-long underground river of magma is moving under Grindavik, the evacuated town, and out to the ocean. This week, officials said that the intensity of the seismic activity had decreased a bit, but they have continued to warn of a possible eruption. As of Friday, the website of the Icelandic Met Office, the country’s weather service, continued to warn that there was a “significant likelihood of a volcanic eruption in the coming days,” as it has done for multiple days. Last Saturday, officials evacuated the more than 3,000 residents of Grindavik, a small fishing town about 30 miles south of Reykjavik.

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Persons: ” Mr, Viglundsson, “ Organizations: Icelandic Met Office Locations: Grindavik, Reykjavik