>> reporter: he's a farmer. his family has owned this farm on the southern coast of iceland for 104 years. that's why this is a very traumatizing time. getting closer and closer to his land, as the wind has shichted, a plume of ash billowing larger and larger from the newly active that looms over his farm. the eruption took place under a glacier causing the water under that flashier to flood much of his farm. >> translator: i was really scared. i was shocked afterwards. i was standing here and watched the water come. >> reporter: his family is feverishly building a dike in case more floodwaters pour down the mountain. but it's the approaching v volcanic ash that's flightening so many others in iceland in a little over an hour's drive from the capital. people are sealing their windows and doors in hope the ash doesn't ruin their homes. the deputy is with the local police department. how scary is this for the