A volcano in Iceland erupted for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky.
A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky.
The Met Office had warned for weeks that magma - semi-molten rock - was accumulating under the ground, making an eruption likely. Grindavik was evacuated in November when the Svartsengi volcanic system awakened after almost 800 years with a series of earthquakes that opened large cracks in the ground north of the town.
Both eruptions lasted only a matter of days. A third eruption began Feb. 8. It petered out within hours, but not before a river of lava engulfed a pipeline, cutting off heat and hot water to thousands of people.
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