Defensive barriers that were bolstered overnight around the fishing town of Grindavik appeared to have held, but a steadily slowing lava flow from the fourth volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula since December remained a threat on Sunday.
After weeks of warnings that semi-molten rock was building up under the ground, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Saturday night that the eruption, at 8.23pm local time (2023 GMT), had opened a nearly 3km long fissure in the earth between two mountains.
