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Iceland witnesses a dramatic volcanic eruption, with molten lava spewing from a two-mile crack. Thousands evacuated as the Icelandic Meteorological Office alerts potential risks to the town of Grindavik.

No other country than Iceland is better prepared for volcanos and other natural disasters, its prime minister said Saturday, as authorities brace for a potential lava eruption southwest of the capital Reykjavik."No country is better prepared for natural disasters than Iceland," Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said at a press conference.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says the Sept. 10 Kīlauea summit eruption stopped on Saturday and is unlikely to restart.

The USGS continues to keep a close eye on volcanoes around the US, with four now at elevated Orange / Watch due to the activity noticed at the four of them. The Great Sitkin, Pavlof, Semisopochnoi, and Kilauea are the four volcanoes showing signs of unrest. Except for Hawaii's Mauna Loa, which remains Yellow / Advisory, all other volcanoes the USGS is keeping a close eye on are Green or unrated.

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Mount St Helens: Viscous magma is known to be bottled-up inside pressure-cooker of Mount St Helens, which is now thought to be ominously surfacing to form a lava dome. William Rose, a professor of geology at Michigan Technological University recently said in a statement: “The gas emission rate of St Helens is very high and suggests that significant amounts of magma are the surface.” However, Donald Peterson, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientist in charge of the Mount St Hele...

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Its a case of not being overtaken by lava, its a case of making sure they can get out and someone can rescue them if they are trapped. >> thank you, diane gallagher. appreciate that. joining me now is alan richmond. he is the hawaii police department spokesperson. good to see you, alan. first off, tell me what its like for you. what are you thinking about as it pertains to potential danger? >> well, aloha, fredricka. how nice to be back with you. it is a trying time, to say the least. as you m...