Iceland lava flows cut off hot water supply amid "severe frost"
A nearly 3-mile long fissure burst open Thursday, spewing lava that damaged a primary supply of hot water for thousands as a "severe frost" appeared overnight.
A nearly 3-mile long fissure burst open Thursday, spewing lava that damaged a primary supply of hot water for thousands as a "severe frost" appeared overnight.
Officials said there was no immediate threat to the tiny town of Grindavik - evacuated after a previous eruption - or to a major power plant in the area.
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The eruption, the second in less than a month, came after a swarm of earthquakes near the town of Grindavik, and the community was evacuated.
A volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula started erupting earlier this week, shooting lava fountains nearly 100 feet in the air and creating a 2.5-mile-long fissure.
The volcano eruption in Iceland opened an approximately 2.5-mile-long fissure and created lava fountains up to 98 feet high near the fishing village of Grindavik.
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