Learn about the escalating threat of volcanoes in Iceland and how a new warning system is helping to inform the public when ...

Gareth Vipers is senior editor for The Wall Street Journal based in London, focusing on digital coverage and breaking news.

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A volcanic fissure has emerged near Grindavík, Iceland, following a series of strong earthquakes. The fissure, nearly 1,200 metres long, has breached the town’s defences, and authorities have ...

“The Icelandic Meteorological Office received a report that a hot water pipeline has broken in the northern part of Grindavík. This confirms that significant fault movements have occurred ...

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The eruption began Tuesday morning, sending lava fountains into the air and opening a 1.2km fissure near Grindavík and the famous Blue Lagoon. While most people left, a small number reportedly refused ...

The volcanic eruption on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula has calmed. On Tuesday, lava gushed out of an approximately 0.7-mile-long fissure not far from the village of Grindavík. The village and the Blue ...

"The fissure is now about 500 meters (yards) long and has reached through the protective barrier north of Grindavík,'' Iceland's Met Office said in a statement. "The fissure continues to grow ...

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon has been shut and tourists evacuated due to the latest volcanic eruption in the south-west of the country. Protective barriers around the nearby town of Grindavik were breached, ...