(News Terupdate) - Icelandic authorities evacuated about 800 people early Wednesday when a volcano erupted beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, an emergency spokesman said.
The first evacuations began at 2 a.m. (10 p.m. ET Tuesday), according to Rognvaldur Olafsson, chief inspector at Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management. He said everyone in the area was safe.
"We have located the fissure that is erupting under the glacier," Olafsson told CNN. He said scientists are currently doing aerial reconnaissance of the area and that officials would know more when they return.
So far, he said, the eruption has created a large hole in the glacier. Lava is not a big concern but flooding is, he said.
Source : CNN
Saturday, April 17, 2010
800 evacuated as Iceland volcano erupts
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