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International Business Times
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Ael KERMAREC

New Volcanic Eruption On Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula: Weather Office

Wednesday's eruption was the fifth to occur on the Reykjanes peninsula since December (Credit: AFP)

A new volcanic eruption began on Wednesday on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, the country's meteorological office said, shortly after authorities evacuated the nearby town of Grindavik.

"An eruption has started near Sundhnuksgigar, north of Grindavik," the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said in a statement, almost three weeks after the end of a previous eruption that had been ongoing since March 16.

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