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Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods.

Hrannar Jon Emillson says he watched his new house "going up in smoke" during a volcano eruption on live TV as a song titled "I'm Sorry" played in the background.

Marapi volcano erupts in Indonesia, 6 weeks after fatal eruption. Urgent evacuation as ash rises, posing risk of lava flows. Respiratory precautions advised

Fountains of molten rock and smoke spewed from fissures in the ground across a wide area stretching to the town of Grindavik, where at least one house had caught fire, live video published by daily Morgunbladid showed. "No lives are in danger, although infrastructure may be under threat," Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson said on social media site X, adding there had been no interruptions to flights. Authorities built barriers of earth and rock in recent weeks to try to prev...

Sprays of ash from the eruption were seen blanketing roads and vehicles in nearby villages.

As the glowing river of lava from a volcano that erupted last week in Iceland ebbed, not everyone was happy. Hazel Lane, a 49-year-old dental practice manager in London, had booked a ticket to Reykjavik as soon as she saw footage of the eruption on television, hoping to witness spectacular lava flows beneath molten red skies. Lane had already visited Iceland the previous month, but it was too soon.

Fireworks Show In recent days, the spectacular volcanic activity in Iceland has drawn loads of tourists and locals who are eager to see dramatic lava flows and spewing magma, The New York Times reports, but the terrain is pretty dangerous, like duh, and local authorities are telling people to stop visiting the volcanic eruption. "We […]

On Monday, a volcanic eruption just two miles northeast of a town in Iceland opened up a cavernous fissure in the Earth, spewing lava dozens of feet into the air in what looks like a scene from hell. The anticipated eruption comes nearly a month after the town, Grandavik, was evacuated as mounting volcanic activity […]

Sicily's Mount Etna volcano erupted on Nov. 12, and ESA satellites caught the event in infrared.

Scientists say a volcanic eruption could happen any moment near the evacuated town of Grindavik.