Families and tourists have been evacuated from towns – and a luxury hotel – amid fears a notorious volcano is set to erupt again.
Magma flow has begun in the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula, near the fishing town of Grindavík, Iceland. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says this is a sign the volcano will erupt, following eight previous eruptions since December 2023.
A campsite and the Blue Lagoon Iceland – a five-star hotel resort – have been evacuated, as has most of the town of Grindavík. Local media reports police are driving around town, to check on local residents and encourage them to leave their homes in case of an eruption.
But when the same volcano erupted in April, some stubborn residents refused to leave their homes. Authorities begged with them to do so for their own safety, we reported at the time.
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