(Reuters) – A volcano erupted on Monday in southwest Iceland following weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country’s Meteorological Office said.
Fearing a significant outbreak on the Reykjanes peninsula, authorities in recent days evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of Grindavik and closed the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.
(Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
