Today is the fist anniversary of the eruption under Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier. The eruption was global news and its ash cloud caused the biggest disruption to worldwide aviation since the Second World War.
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Iceland volcano celebrating birthday in quiet fashion
Posted on 14 April 2011.
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Breaking News: Activity in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano has stopped
Posted on 23 May 2010.
(This article relates to the 2010 eruption at Eyjafjallajokull. For information on the May 2011 eruption at Grimsvotn, please check the IceNews homepage for regular updates) “Heat seeking pictures show that the there is no activity in the volcano,” says Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, Professor of Geophysics. He flew over the volcano today to do research [...]
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Tourists witness Northern Lights during volcano tours in Iceland
Posted on 10 April 2010.
Tourists travelling via volcano tours to the volcanic eruption near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier last week were presented with the most powerful Northern Lights show of the past three years in Iceland.
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Top Gear in trouble with Icelandic police
Posted on 09 April 2010.
Police in South Iceland are upset that the BBC Top Gear crew filming at the erupting Fimmvorduhals volcano appear to have tried to drive on the molten lava and caught their tyres alight. But their guides say the stunt was safe and carefully monitored.
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Iceland eruption news
Posted on 21 March 2010.
450 People moved from the Eyjafjalla- og Myrdalsjokull eruption area to the near by town of Hvolsvollur. A kilometer long crack in the ground close to Fimmvorduhals and lava running from the west to the east. According to news the erruption seems to be fading out. The main international airport in Keflavik was closed but the Egilsstadir airport was kept open. Further [...]
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Eruption in Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull
Posted on 21 March 2010.
Volcanic Eyjafjallajokull, in Southern Iceland, is reported to be erupting. According to the police in Selfoss, evacuation from adjacent farms has commenced. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has received reports of volcanic blaze in the glacier but no major earthquake activities
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