Iceland volcano erupts weeks after earthquakes shake southwest coast



The Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano has erupted in Iceland, officials announced late Monday β€” weeks after earthquakes rumbled the country’s southwestern coast. More than 20,000 quakes have shaken the area since late October. About 3,700 residents of GrindavΓ­k, a nearby fishing town, began evacuating on Nov. 10, according to Iceland’s Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management.

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42 comments

  1. God bless the people who live on Iceland. The smoke, heat must be difficult to breathe.

  2. Very cool eerie picture and view.

  3. Awesome. It is a island ya know.

  4. Yikes! God bless everyone there. Terrifying!!!!😒

  5. Thankfully people headed warnings and were able to get out in time. I wish them all the best ❀

  6. Iceland should consider being renamed fireland also it looks apocalyptic

  7. Red skies at night terrifying delight 😳πŸ₯ΊπŸ”₯

  8. Here we go again huh can't they just leave us alone we want to live our lives because you're miserable whoever's setting me fires cuz that's pretty big

  9. All im seeing is nighttime eruption how about daytime one

  10. Iceland now land of fire magma lava not brushfire

  11. It looks like a wildfire yet a volcano

  12. theres a long dormant volcano in southwestern Illinous, USA, thats waaaay to close for where i live, just a couple hundred miles away. but then, theres also the New Madrid earthquake fault zone in the same general area, and its given a few shakes since the late 1960s.

  13. There seems to be more fire than ice in Iceland, why didn't they name it Fireland?

  14. Beautiful and deadly at the same time. Stay Safe ❀

  15. Who builds on a volcano?

  16. Stay safe! Beautiful but deadly…

  17. Well where was it. Don't just keeps hanging there. Is it true or false.

  18. Earthquake happened at anytime .

  19. Ash on the mirror and in the lungs but the camera man never dies

  20. Whoa! 😲 😳 Hope everyone is safe πŸ˜₯πŸ™

  21. The you for the wisdom to evacuate ❀

  22. May God make everyone safe, Amen πŸ™

  23. The ashes are everywhere. Too close for my comfort!

  24. people say rocks cant catch on fire but if those lava set the other rocks on fire and there is a hurricane it could become a bit tricky.

  25. Josh Sparrows family heritage is from ICELAND

  26. "One does not simply walk into Iceland"

  27. Greta is not going to like this πŸ˜‚

  28. It’s so close to their houses and buildings
    God help

  29. The Bible is being Fulfilled each and everyday

  30. Don't Think I ever saw a Volcano Eruption. Looks very Mean and Yet Powerful and Beautiful, it's God's Volcano 😊 β€οΈπŸ™πŸ•ŠοΈ

  31. Praying for the people of Iceland. Hope everyone is okay πŸ™πŸ™

  32. πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™β€οΈ

  33. I was just watching a video on this island on Patamount +! The episode about the Yellowstone volcano

  34. Pls be safe guys don’t get closer to the volcano to take pictures its very serious so drive away to somewhere safe

  35. May all be safe and sound ❀

  36. I hate that I think that I actually think that this is beautiful πŸ₯²πŸ₯²πŸ₯²