Iceland in recent weeks sought to build barriers of earth and rock to prevent lava from reaching Grindavik, but the latest eruption appeared to have penetrated the defences.

The activity once again threatened Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people, and led to the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions.

The eruption occurred in the early hours of July 16. Officials say lava is flowing towards uninhabited areas and is not an immediate danger to those nearby ...

The Sundhnukur volcano has erupted near Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, the 12th volcanic eruption in the North Atlantic island ...

Tourists have returned to Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula to witness the latest volcanic eruption, which began on 16 July near ...

Tourists at Iceland's Blue Lagoon geothermal spa were forced to pack up and get out as a volcanic eruption left lava oozing from a 3,000-foot fissure in the ground.

A volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula erupted again on Wednesday, spewing lava and smoke into the air in what officials say is the twelfth eruption in the region since 2021.Authorities have ...

Iceland is facing events that its 360,000 residents "have not experienced before, at least not since the eruption in Vestmannaeyjar," the country's Civil Protection Agency said on Friday ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air on Tuesday, just hours after authorities ...

A volcano in Grindavík, in southeastern Iceland, erupted for the third time since Dec. 2023 on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, sending lava spewing into the sky and over the snow. The eruption triggered ...

Iceland faces daunting period after lava from volcano destroys homes in fishing town, president says An areal view of the lava field with the main active vent, the town of Grindavik is in the ...

Has Iceland’s hottest tourist destination since Reykjavík’s Phallological Museum shown itself in Grindavík, Barney Davis asks ...