Iceland has declared a state of emergency after the volcano erupted for the fourth time in three months.
The eruption opened a nearly 2-mile-long crack between the Stora-Skogfell and Hagafell mountains on the Reykjanes Peninsula, according to Iceland’s meteorological office, which had been warning for weeks about an eruption due to magma accumulating underground.
The volcanic eruption has slowed considerably, but the eruption has not yet ended, according to an update issued Sunday by Iceland’s meteorological office. Lava continues to flow from the fissure, and a lava front extends west and south, now about 820 feet from Sudurstrandervegur – the main road on the southern coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula.
