Iceland: Fourth explosion in 800 year old volcano, two cities evacuated, rivers of lava everywhere

A state of emergency has been declared in the southern part of Iceland after a large volcano erupted on the Range Peninsula. This is the largest volcanic eruption ever in this region.

According to media reports, the volcano is continuously spewing lava and this lava has reached the city of Grindavik. As a result, the Blue Lagoon and Grindavik have been evacuated.

This is the fourth volcanic eruption in the Ranges Peninsula region since December. Iceland's airspace is currently open to aircraft traffic, but plumes of lava are spreading across the region's skies.

According to Iceland's Civil Protection Service, the volcano erupted at 8 pm local time on Saturday. This is the same place where the volcano had erupted on 8 February. Video footage of the volcanic eruption has also surfaced. In which lava with a temperature of hundreds of degrees is coming out from underground and spreading on the ground.

Volcanic eruptions have continued to occur in the area and a protective wall has been built around the town of Grindavik. This time the lava coming out of the explosion has reached the eastern walls of the city.

The town of Grindavik was evacuated earlier in November. At that time the nearby Svartsengi volcano was becoming active after 800 years. After this, a hundreds of kilometers long crack formed in the north of the city. This volcano erupted on 18 December.

Another explosion occurred on 14 January. Lava from the volcano reached the city and despite the protective wall, some buildings on the lava surface were destroyed.

The third explosion occurred on 8 February. Although the volcano subsided within a few hours, the lava that erupted from it destroyed water pipelines. Now there has been a fourth explosion in the same volcano and it is said to be more dangerous than the previous explosion.

The country of Iceland is also called the country of volcanoes. There are many active volcanoes here. The most destructive activity of the volcano was seen in 2010. As soon as the volcano erupted, clouds of gray smoke filled the sky to such an extent that most air services in Europe were disrupted for several days.