Icelandic authorities now say threats of wildfires have officials on "high" alert and that eruption fissures were bigger than scientists initially thought after Wednesday's eruption of the once-dorman

A tourist hotspot in Iceland has been evacuated after a volcano erupted this morning. The North Atlantic country is on high alert after lava spewed out of the Sundhnúkur volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula. This is the ninth time the volcano has erupted since December 2023 and the country’s 12th seismic incident since 2021.

New eruption in the Sundhnukur volcanic chain in Iceland: warnings raised due to tremors and risk of mudflows. Grindavík evacuated as the volcano continues to show signs of increasing instability.