Hundreds of hikers evacuate Icelandic volcano as new fissure opens Steam and lava spurt from 500m-long fissure, but no danger to life, officials say
Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 09:54 Updated: Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 10:02
March 23rd: Drone footage captures crowds flocking to witness lava pouring from a volcano that has erupted near Iceland s capital Reykjavik. Video: Reuters
The long-dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland flared to life on March 20th after tens of thousands of earthquakes. Photograph: Icelandic Department of Civil Pr/AFP via Getty
Steam and lava have spurted from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle.