Iceland holds its breath over the Fagradalsfjall volcano (Picture: Getty)
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has waned that the Fagradalsfjall volcano has a ‘significant likelihood’ of erupting following days of violent earthquakes.
The Reykjanes Peninsula volcanism had been inactive for 800 years, until it awoke from its long sleep back in 2020.
But thousands of earthquakes over the past week has raised fears that the Reykjanes will unleash its natural devastation once again.
Deep cracks have been forming beneath the surface around the town of Grindavik, with the earthquakes tearing through concrete, uprooted buildings and closing the nearby tourist spot, the Blue Lagoon.
The local community in Grindavik, on the island’s south west peninsula, have been forced from their homes and have taken cover in emergency shelters, leaving their livelihoods behind as the volcano causes a threat to life.
Iceland holds its breath over the Fagradalsfjall volcano (Picture: Getty)
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has waned that the Fagradalsfjall volcano has a ‘significant likelihood’ of erupting following days of violent earthquakes.
The Reykjanes Peninsula volcanism had been inactive for 800 years, until it awoke from its long sleep back in 2020.
But thousands of earthquakes over the past week has raised fears that the Reykjanes will unleash its natural devastation once again.
Deep cracks have been forming beneath the surface around the town of Grindavik, with the earthquakes tearing through concrete, uprooted buildings and closing the nearby tourist spot, the Blue Lagoon.
The local community in Grindavik, on the island’s south west peninsula, have been forced from their homes and have taken cover in emergency shelters, leaving their livelihoods behind as the volcano causes a threat to life.
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