Iceland’s authorities had raised the aviation alert to orange, because ash from a volcanic eruption could pose a risk to aircraft flying in the North Atlantic.

A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky. Iceland’s Meteorological Office said the eruption opened a ...

As Iceland braces for another volcanic eruption, we hear from experts about what the event is likely to be like and if it will replicate the disruption caused by Eyjafjallajokull in 2010.

Lava fountains are seen as volcanic eruption started, turning the sky orange, in Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco) 2.

In 2011, a volcano under the Vatnajökull glacier sent thousands of tonnes of ash into the sky in a few days, raising concerns of a repeat of the travel chaos seen across northern Europe.

Iceland volcano erupts after weeks of preparation 01:44. A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the civil defense to be put ...

Iceland, which sits above a volcanic hot spot in the North Atlantic, sees regular eruptions and is experienced at dealing with them. The most disruptive in recent times was the 2010 eruption of the… ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted ... about 165 feet into the sky from a fissure about ... of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which spewed huge clouds of ash into the atmosphere ...

While many may remember the 2010 volcano eruption in Iceland and the ash cloud it produced that closed airspace for more than a week, nothing of that scale is expected.

People watch as the night sky is illuminated caused by the eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland seen from the capital city of Reykjavik, Monday Dec. 18, 2023. By ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the coastal town of Grindavik and led to the evacuation of the pop… ...

Iceland’s Volcanic Eruption Is Dramatic. But It Won’t Cool the Planet. The lava is wreaking havoc locally, ... with lava shooting into the sky as high as 100 meters (330 feet).