Flames and smoke shot through the air as the volcanic fissure opened near the town of Grindavik, where some 40 homes have been evacuated, national broadcaster RUV reported. The community ...

A volcanic fissure, also known as a fissure vent, is an elongated, linear fracture or crack in the earth's surface from which lava erupts. The nearby fishing town of Grindavik was evacuated ...

No confirmed deaths have been reported, but a workman is missing after falling into a fissure opened by the volcano. Both the previous eruptions lasted only a matter of days, but they signal what ...

An eruption opened a 1.7-mile-long fissure in the ground on Monday (June 10), with lava still spewing and flowing south towards the site of the region's last volcanic eruption. When you purchase ...

The eruption began near Grindavik, a small town long threatened by volcanic disruptions ... declared the town empty of civilians by noon. A fissure had grown to about three-quarters of a mile ...

The eruption Wednesday was the fifth and most powerful since the volcanic system near Grindavik reawakened in December after 800 years, gushing record levels of lava as its fissure grew to 3.5 ...

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Satellite images have revealed the extent of a volcanic fissure that has reopened on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, causing rivers of molten lava to flow across the landscape and posing a threat ...

A volcanic fissure continues to spill lava on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, more than a week after it first opened. It has forced the temporary closure of the island's tourist destination ...