Category Volcano Alert

Volcano fissure eruption at Holuhraun; Intensity is the largest yet in Iceland

Ármann Höskuldsson, volcanologist at Geological Institute at University of Iceland, says that the fissure eruption at Holuhraun is still going on and the intensity of the eruption is the largest yet. He says that the eruption has never been as…

RED ALERT issued due to an eruption near Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland

Bardarbunga:Icelandic authorities Sunday raised an aviation alert to the highest level of red for a small area in the south-east, after a fissure eruption near the Bardarbunga volcano.   The eruption began at about 0600 GMT in the Holuhraun lava…