Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites. Some called it crazy, but it worked.

An Icelandic volcano erupted early Wednesday, spewing a bright red wall of lava in a region known for high seismic activity. The eruption began in the early morning hours of July 16, on the Sundhnúkur ...

Iceland offers some of the Earth's most dramatic sights. And if you head off the beaten path, you can explore some of its lesser-known attractions from ice caves to bubbling lava fields and silent ...

A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December.Iceland's meteorological office ...

REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — A long dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life Friday night, spilling lava down two sides in that area's first volcanic eruption in ...

A close up of the Northern active segment of the original fissure of an active volcano in Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, Dec. 19, 2023. automation A massive volcano eruption in Iceland ...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Vignir Kristinsson smiles as two women, the only customers all morning, enter his gift shop filled with handmade things of oak. After perusing decorations ranging from ...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday evening for the sixth time since December, spewing red lava through a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

Tourists and locals appear to be flocking to watch an erupting volcano just outside of Iceland's capital of Reykjavik, which is near the site of another major eruption that spewed magma for months ...