The repeated eruptions over the past year have caused damage to the town of Grindavík and forced people to relocate.
The repeated eruptions over the past year have caused damage to the town of Grindavík and forced people to relocate.The repeated eruptions over the past year have caused damage to the town of Grindavík and forced people to relocate.on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the seventh time since December.
"In the big picture, this is a bit smaller than the last eruption, and the eruption that occurred in May," Magnús Tumi Gumundsson, a professor of geophysics who flew over the scene with the Civil Protection agency to monitor the event, told the national RUV broadcaster. The repeated volcanic eruptions close to Grindavík, which is about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, and has a population of 3,800 people, have damaged infrastructure and property and forced many residents to relocate to guarantee their safety.
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