Nearly 4,000 residents were evacuated. No one has been killed in the eruptions, but a workman is missing after reportedly falling into a crack opened by the volcano. Key points ‘Worst-case scenario’ ...

Iceland’s public broadcaster RUV said the crack from where lava has jetted was estimated to be 4 km. long, and is still growing. It added that the lava flow is also “many times greater” than ...

5 The huge crack has split the Icelandic town in half as fears of an eruption loom Credit: Reuters Experts said a nine-mile river of magma running under the peninsula is still active, the BBC reports.

The volcano eventually erupted on 18 December, sending lava flowing away from Grindavik, a town of 3,800 people about 30 miles south-west of the capital, Reykjavik.

This "crack collapse" may occur in places where the ground is already unstable, according to a translated IMO statement updated on Thursday (Jan. 25).