Volcano erupts beneath glacier in Iceland

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Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...eds-flee-as-flood-fears-mount/article1507191/

Volcano erupts beneath glacier in Iceland; hundreds flee as flood fears mount

Ice-capped volcano hasn't erupted since 1820s

Reykjavik ? The Associated Press Published on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 12:43AM EDT Last updated on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 12:48AM EDT

Authorities extricated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday.

The eruption occurred around 11:30 p.m. Saturday beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, the fifth largest glacier in Iceland. The volcano is covered by an ice cap.

Fearing flooding from the glacier melt, authorities removed some 400 people in the area 160 kilometres southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, said Vidir Reynisson, the department manager for the Icelandic Civil Protection Department...

 

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Re: Volcano erupts beneath glacier in Iceland

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/14/iceland.volcano.evacuation/index.html?hpt=T2

800 evacuated as Iceland volcano erupts
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 14, 2010 7:31 a.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Icelandic authorities evacuated about 800 people early Wednesday because of a possible volcano eruption near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, an emergency spokesman said.

The first evacuations began at 2 a.m. (10 p.m. ET Tuesday), according to Rognvaldur Olafsson, chief inspector at Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management. He said everyone in the area was safe.

"We have located the fissure that is erupting under the glacier," Olafsson told CNN. He said scientists are currently doing aerial reconnaissance of the area and that officials would know more when they return...